Sign Language

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Album: No Reason To Cry-Eric Clapton
Words & Music: Bob Dylan
* NOTE* All guitars are in Open G Tuning
[Intro]
G C/A
[Verse 1]
G D C/A Em
You speak to me in sign language,
D Em
As I'm eating a sandwich in a small cafe
C/A G
At a quarter to three.
[Bridge 1]
G D C/G Em
But I can't re-spond to your sign language.
D Em
You're taking advan-tage, bringing me down.
G C/G G C/G G
Can't you make any sound?
[Verse 2]
G D C/A Em
'Twas there by the bakery, surrounded by fak-ery.
D Em
This is my sto-ry, still I'm still there.
C/A G
Does she know I still care?
[Instrumental]
G D C G C G
[Bridge 2]
G D C/G Em
Link Wray was playing on a jukebox, I was paying
D Em
For the words I was say-in' so misunderstood.
G C/G G C/G G
He didn't do me no good.
[Verse 3]
G D C/A Em
You speak to me in sign language,
D Em
As I'm eating a sand-wich in a small cafe
C/A G
At a quarter to three.
[Bridge 3]
G D C/G Em
But I can't re-spond to your sign language.
D Em
You're taking advan-tage, bringing me down.
C/A G C/A G C/A
Can't you make any sound?
[Outro]
G D C G D Em C G

Sign Language chords and lyrics

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Album: No Reason To Cry-Eric Clapton
Words & Music: Bob Dylan
* NOTE* All guitars are in Open G Tuning
[Intro]
 G C/A
[Verse 1]
[Bridge 1]
[Verse 2]
[Instrumental]
G  D  C  G  C  G
[Bridge 2]
[Verse 3]
[Bridge 3]
[Outro]
G D C G D Em C G

Sign Language Chords by Eric Clapton

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Sign Language Chords · Eric Clapton