Chords for Cat Power - The Greatest (Lyrics)

[N] _ [C] _ _ _ _ Once [Am] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] I wanted to be _ [Em] the greatest, _ _
_ _ [C] oh, and [Am] the water _ [Em] focused on _ me. _
And [Dm] then came the rush of the flood.
[G] The stars of my youth turned you to dust.
_ [C] Melt me down, _ [Am] so deep that I'll [Em] melt. _ _
_ _ Leave no [C] trace, _
_ [Am] grace just in your [Em] honor. _
_ _ Lower me [C] _ down, _ [Am] cupids' sound.
_ [Em] You can watch, space [G] in town for the [F] lay.
And the [Dm] dreads in my bed, when [G] the steep end. _
_ _ Lower me [F] down, hand [Dm] me in.
[G] Struggle for _ _ _ the light of the [C] rain. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Once I [Am] wanted to be [Em] the greatest.
_ _ _ _ [C] Two _ [Am] faces, sound, _ [Em] _ literary.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] With _ rhymes that [Am] could explain [Em] any feeling.
_ _ _ Lower [F] me down, [Dm] hand me in.
Secure [G] the mouth _ _ _ _ _ [F] for the lay. _
[Dm] And the dreads in my bed, [G] when the steep end.
Lower me down, hand me [C] in.
Secure the mouth for the lay. _ _ _
[Am] And _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ the _ [Em] _ _
dreads _ _ _ _ [C] in my bed, when the steep end.
Lower _
_ [Am] _ me _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] down, [F] _ _
[Dm] hand me in.
Secure the mouth _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ for the lay.
And the dreads in my bed, when the steep end.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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