Credit to Mark Beasley ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMrbqzO8uIY )
Capo on the 2nd fret
A (002220)
C#m (046654)
D (000232)
A* (bar chord A)
A/Ab) (477655)
A6? (202200)
E (022100)
All this to say,
A
our future is a blank page
C#m
that we chose to pour ourselves into
D
when God pressed play.
A
and we'll drag our pens
A
into these parallel lines
C#m
to record and to articulate
D
everything we find.
A* A/Ab
as decades unlace,
F E
we'll pause and carefully trace;
D
our shadows are puddles of ink
E
that our memory saves.
A
layer by layer, the framework was formed
D
on an epic of paper:
E
we breathe to explore.
fast-forward motion
D
will gracefully show
the flickering story
E
that all of our sketches unfold.
A
before we were born
A
God gently told us the truth,
C#m
but understanding is something that stops
D
as our bodies bruise.
A* A/Ab
so we'll concentrate,
F
constantly rewinding tapes.
E D
was the ghost just a glare on the lens
E
that our minds create?
A6? (202200)
our minds create...
E D
when God pressed play.
A
layer by layer, the framework was formed
D
on an epic of paper:
E
we breathe to explore.
and fast-forward motion
D
will gracefully show
the flickering story
E
that all of our sketches unfold.
A
