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Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 10:42:49 -0400
From: "Daniel S. Fisher"
Subject: s/sixpence_none_the_richer/the_lines_of_my_earth.crd
Title: The Lines of My Earth
By: Sixpence None the Richer (words & music by Matt Slocum)
From: (self-titled) 1997
6/8
CHORDS FORMS USED:
Dm G Gm C F F/E Csus4 Bb Bbm6
5x----- 3------ 3------ 3x----- 3x----- 3x----- 3x----- 6------ 5-x----
|o|||o o|||oo o||ooo |o|||o |||o|o |||o|o |o|||o o|||oo ||o|||
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
||||o| |||o|| |||||| |||||| ||||o| ||||o| |||||| |||o|| o||ooo
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
||oo|| |oo||| |oo||| ||ooo| ||o||| |oo||| ||oo|| |oo||| ||||||
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |o|||| |||||| ||||o| |||||| ||||||
INTRO:
Dm G
|/ / / / / /|/ / / / / / :|| [repeat]
VERSES:
Dm Gm C F F/E Dm
1. The lines of my earth, so brittle, unfertile and ready to die
2. It should be our time, this fertile youth's black soil is ready for rain
G C Csus4 C
I need a drink but the well has gone dry
the harvest is nigh, but the well has gone dry
Dm Gm C F F/E Dm
And we in the habit of saying the same things all over again
And they in the habit of saying the same things all over again
G C
for the money we shall make
about the money we shall make
CHORUS:
Gm Bb F F/E Dm C G
This is the last song that I write 'til you tell me otherwise
Bb F (F#)
and it's because I just don't feel it
Gm Bb F F/E Dm
This is the last song 'til you tell me otherwise
F (F#) Gm Bbm6 Dm...
and it's because I just don't feel it ...any more [go to VERSE 1 after first CHORUS]
[after second CHORUS repeat INTRO during solo]
[after solo repeat CHORUS for a third time]
[after third CHORUS, repeat INTRO during second solo]
