xStudying Stones by Ani DiFranco
Standard tuning
Capo 1
Chord 3 (Ch3) bm
e|--2--------------2----------|
B|--0--------------0----------|
G|--0--------------4----------|
D|--0--------------0----------|
A|--2--------------2----------|
E|--2--------------2----------|
Bm
I am out here studying stones
A
Trying to learn to be less alive
G
Using all of my will
A
To keep very still
Bm Ch3
Still even on the inside
Bm
I've cut all of the pertinent wires
A
So my eyes can't make that connection
G
I am holding my breath
A
I am feigning my death
Bm Ch3
When I'm looking in your direction
D
'Course numb is an old hat
C
Old as my oldest memories
G
See that one's my mother
A
And that one's my father
Bm Ch3
And that one in the hat, that's me
D
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
A
When I got out on the open road
C
But any more pent up emotion
A Ch3
And I think I'm gonna explode
Bm Ch3
There's never been an endeavor so strange
A
As trying to slow the blood in my veins
G
To keep my face blank
A
As a stone that just sank
Bm Ch3
Until not a ripple remains
Bm Ch3
I am high above the tree line
A
Sitting cross legged on the ground
G
When all of the forbidden fruit
A
has fallen and rotted
Bm Ch3
That's when I'm gonna come down
D
'Course numb is an old hat
C
Old as my oldest memories
G
See that one's my mother
A
And that one's my father
Bm Ch3
And that one in the hat, that's me
D
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
A
When I got out on the open road
C
But any more pent up emotion
A Ch3
And I think I'm gonna explode
