Assembly of Dust - Recollection - Samuel Aging Chords

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_ _ Samuel A.
J.
Spaulding [A] lived in Spokane, _ [Em] right around the corner [D] from the church.
_ _ [Em] Just above his temple he [A] was bawling.
Hear [G] him pray, hear [A] him pray.
_ _ [Em] You bestow your [D] blessing on the heads [A] of the living.
His [C] words were like a soft [Em] bell.
Listen to the [D] dead voice and the silence [A] that is ringing, like [C] an echo in a dying well.
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[B] Well, [Em] he dipped his pen in ink and stayed [A] up writing.
_ [Em] Half that night, [D] the following day, _ [Em] breathing, smoking, doing [A] coke and fighting to [G] stay awake, to stay [A] awake.
_ [Em] If a thousand _ _ [D] chandeliers hadn't been [A] there shining in [C] the country of a cold [Em] sleep, he might have [D] been scared.
With faith [A] that was blinding, dead [C] and stumbling in his own defeat.
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[B] _ [Em] _ Samuel, _ [D] you said too much.
[Em] Samuel, there is [C] always something there [D] behind [Em] you.
Samuel, your [D] son's dead five times before it [C] hit the ground.
And it [D] hit the ground, _ [Em] sunlight.
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[B] _ [Em] he raked his eyes and read what [A] he had laid down.
[Em] His tongue was dry, his eyes were [D] moist and red.
_ [G] Exhausted from the work he [A] went, laid down, the [G] writing read, the [A] writing read.
_ _ [Em] Run, walk, or [D] stagger to your old [A] life's hanging.
_ [C] Doesn't matter if it feels [Em] right.
Funnel [D] yourself _ to the world, your [A] planet, _ _ [C] writing on your inside.
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[B] _ _ [Em] Spells and curses, [D] bells and churches, [A] _ healing bells, [C] the silence [Em] swells.
Spells and curses, [D] bells and churches, [A] _ healing bells, [C] the silence [Em] swells.
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swells.
Well, [A] well, well.
Well, [C] well, well.
Cause I [Em] can swim
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Cause I [Em] can _ _ _ [D] _
swim
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Cause I [Em] can _ _ _ [D] swim
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