x-Leaves and Kings-
-Josh Ritter-
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Capo 2nd fret
C Am C Am F G
[Verse 1]
C Am
I met you at a party
C Am
or on a crowded street
C Am
a silent singularity
F G
when glances chanced to meet
C Am
You looked into my glasses
C Am
said you'd seen a ghost
C Am
tried my best to make you smile
F G
as we calypsoed close
C Am
I had been to Cleveland
C Am
You had been to jail
C Am
You seemed to be recovering
F G
but I felt a little pale
C Am
Our house it was on seventeenth
C Am
above the hardware store
C Am
there we lived with seven cats
F G
all named for seven dwarves
[Chorus]
F G
but like leaves and kings
F C C
all things must fall
F G
no diamond ring is gonna
F C C
cut through it all
[Verse 2]
C Am
you were working as a graverobber
C Am
you could do your job at night
C Am
I was living hand-to-mouth
F G
just looking for a fight
C Am
the reason why we parted
C Am
it ain't that hard to find
C Am
I was always busy
F G
and you never had the time
C Am
well the reason why we parted
C Am
it ain't that hard to see
C Am
but I was never sure
F G
if I left you or you left me
[Chorus]
F G
but like leaves and kings
F C C
all things must fall
F G
no diamond ring is gonna
F C
cut through it all
[Instrumental + harmonica]
C Am C Am C Am F G
C Am C Am C Am F G
[Verse 3]
C Am
and when it was all over
C Am
I lost myself in work
C Am
you got married to a lawyer
F G
painting murals in New York
C Am
and though it seems a million miles ago
C Am
since I saw the light
C Am
the hours flowed by nervously
F G
like warships in the night
C Am
Many times I've been corrupted
C Am
but I've never been in love
C Am
and I began to realize
F G
that that's just where I was
C Am
so I packed up my possessions
C Am
and caught an eastbound train
C Am
met you in Ohio
F G
sleeping in the rain
[Chorus]
F G
but like leaves and kings
F C C
all things must fall
F G
no diamond ring is gonna
F C C
cut through it all
[Verse 4]
C Am
so now we're going back again
C Am
to start where we began
C Am
with rules and regulations
F G
but no real kinda plan
C Am
I learned my lesson well
C Am
with no mistakes at all
C Am
once you find yourself true love
F G
you just keep holding on
[Chorus]
F G
'cause like leaves and kings
F C C
all things must fall
F G
no diamond ring is gonna
F C
cut through it all
[Outro]
F G
but now out of the dark
F G
out of the blue
F G
like leaves and kings
F C
I've fallen in love with you
