Chords for Don McLean - Tapesty

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_ Every thread of [Em] creation _ is held in [A] position
[C] _ by still other strands [C#] of [D] things living _
[G] in _ _ an earthly tapestry [Em] hung from the skyline [Am] of smoldering cities
_ [C] _ so grey and so vulgar
_ [G] _ as not to be satisfied [Em] with their own negativity
_ [A] _ but [Am] [C] needing to touch [G] all the [D] living as [G] well _ _
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every breeze that blows [Em] kindly is one crystal breath
[C] we exhale on the blue [C#] diamond [D] heaven _ _
[G] as _ _ _ gentle to touch [Em] as the hands of the healer _ _
[Am] _ as soft as farewells [C]
whispered over the coffin
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We're poisoned by venom [Em] with each breath we take
_ [Am] from the brown sulfur [C] chimney _ and [D] the black highway [G] _ _ snake _
_ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ every dawn that breaks [Em] golden _ is held in suspension
[C] _ like the yolk of the [G] egg in _ [D] albumen
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where _ _ the birth and the death of [Em] unseen _ generations
_ [Am] _
are _ interdependent [C] in vast [Em] orchestration
_ _ [G] and painted in colors of [Em] tapestry thread _
[Am] when the dying [C] are born _ _ and [D] the living _ _ [G] are dead _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And every pulse of your [Em] heartbeat is one [A] liquid [C] moment
that flows through the veins of your [D] being
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Like a river of life [Em] flowing on since creation
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approaching the [C] sea with each new generation
_ _ [G] _ you're now just a stagnant [Em] and rancid disgrace _
_ [A] that is [C] rapidly drowning the [D] whole human [G] _ _
race
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every fish that swims [Em] silent _
every bird that [Am] flies freely _
_ [C] every doe [G] that steps [D] softly
_ _ [G] every _ _ _ crisp leaf that falls, all [Em] the flowers that grow
_ [Am] _ On this colorful [C] tapestry somehow they know
[Em] _ _ _ [G] that if man is allowed to [Em] destroy all we need _
_ [Am] he will [C] soon have to pay with [G] his [D] life
_ _ for _ [G] his _ greed
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