xcapo two!
This is frank turner's acoustic arrangement of Smiling at Strangers on Trains.
Based on this videos performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WidpCnbzqz4
F 133211
G 320003
Am x02210
C x32010
G7 320001
G? 320000
F G Am C G
it was the strangest thing today
G7 G? F G
i saw new footprints in abandoned pathways
Am C G G7 G?
beneath forgotten undergrowth something stirring again
F G Am C G
you were a single red blood cell
G7 G? F G Am
but i lost you in this knot of capillaries
C G G7 G?
but you were bringing me oxygen when i needed it most in the
Dm
smoke.
and you were always
Dm
as far as mongolia, as close as my clothes
Am
your presence pervading, but it still never shows
C F
as close as the answer i never quite know, or can’t quite remember
Dm
your distance insidious, as soft as a blow
Am
your shadow is with me wherever i go
C F
it’s on the tip of my tongue but still i never quite know, or can’t quite remember
i don’t quite remember
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Verse two is the same as verse one.
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the forced proximity of a million different mike leigh movies
makes me long for the fresh air of a familiar face
and not the violence of loneliness, nor the unease of surrounded seclusion
i keep nearly missing you around corners and in passing trains
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The chorus is the same, cept the end, where it goes:
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Dm
your distance insidious, as soft as a blow
Am
your shadow is with me wherever i go
C
it’s on the tip of my tongue, it's on the tip of my-
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which takes us to the outro!
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F G Dm
F G Dm
F
if i’d known
if i’d known
if i’d known
G
if i’d known
if i’d known
Dm
if i’d known
if i’d known
x something.
F
that you weren’t so far away
G Dm
that you weren’t so far away
F
that you weren’t so far away
G Dm
that you were never that far away
x something
F G Dm
i could’ve roooooooooooooooooooode
F G Dm
thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis
F G Dm F G Dm F
traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain smiling.
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It's really hard to place the chords because some words are sung quickly
and some very slowly but you get the idea, hopefully :)
