Chords for Kevin Devine - Between the Concrete and Clouds (Nervous Energies session)

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Walking the [Eb] world became [Db] a Catholic, _ [E] the [Eb] oil and the [Abm] guilt. _
Somewhere in [Db] high school switched to atheists, [E] your [Eb] anger and [Abm] your will.
Turned 25, [Eb] freaked [Db] out by everything, [E] her [Eb] body's [Abm] piled up.
Fled to your [Eb] mind when [Db] they stopped listening. _
_ [E] You said [Eb] enough's [Dbm] enough, what if it's all [Gb] just jokes?
_ _ [Dbm] _ Casper the Holy [Gb] Ghost, _ _ [Eb] what if it's all just [Abm] stones [Gb] you get to [E] throw? _
_ _ [Gb] _ So every [E] single [Gb] time that you open your [B] mouth, _ [E] someone else's [Eb] lies come [Abm] tumbling out.
_ Waiting as [E] the [Gb] truth in a cap and a gown, a graduated [E] curse [Eb] that you [Abm] cast to the ground.
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[Eb] _ [Db] _ [Abm] _ To settle [Bb] your debts you took [Db] a dozen steps, _ [E] started [Eb] on [Abm] the path.
Kept falling off [Db] when faced with righteousness, _ [E] you [Eb] couldn't work [Abm] the math.
Got in the [Eb]
wood, the [Db] words, the coffee pot.
_ [E] It [Eb] wasn't [Abm] ad enough, you bore with [Eb] yourself, afraid [Db] of [Gb] everyone.
_ [E] You [Eb] said enough's [Dbm] enough and how could you ever [Gb] know?
_ _ [Dbm] What if you said [Gb] you don't?
_ [Eb] What if you cleared [Ab] your throat [Gb] and [E] let it go?
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Now every [E] single time [Gb] that you open [B] your mouth, something [E] like the truth [Eb] comes [Abm] struggling out.
A picture [E] of the past [Gb] you keep wearing [B] down, so a version [E] of yourself [Eb] that you can follow [Abm] around.
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_ _ [Gb] _ [E] _ [Eb] _ [Dbm] So what if the end [Gb] just ends?
_ [Dbm] It's worthless to [Gb] worry then.
[Eb] So wrestle [Gb] yourself [Abm] to the death [Gb] again [E] and again.
_ _ [Gb] _ Now every [E] single time [Gb] that you open [B] your mouth, give [E] yourself a breath [Eb] while you're working [Abm] it out.
The answer's [E] in between [Gb] all the concrete [B] and clouds.
It's anywhere [E] you want, [Eb] yeah it's [Abm] next to you now.
[Gb] Now every [E] single [Gb] time that you open your [B] mouth, [Gb] give yourself [E] a breath while [Eb] you're [Abm] working it out.
The answer's in [E] [Gb] between all the [B] concrete and clouds.
It's anywhere [E] you want, [Eb] yeah it's next [Db] to you now.
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