Chords for Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - By The Time That I Awoke

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[Gm] _ I like the powder blue [Eb] dresser, the stewardess is well on [Gm] Korean and ith.
The [Bb] skin's divine and the [Cm] body's so fine.
They're [C] all the same height and they [Gm] have the same waistline.
[Bb] But there is one who [Eb] stood apart, her name tag red and [Gm] J.H. Park.
She [Bb] had a white watch and a [Cm] muted spark.
I [Eb] thought about her when the [F] night grew dark.
[Gm] In my hotel [Cm] room in Tokyo.
[Eb] And by the time that [F] I awoke, my [Gm] guitar was broken and in [Cm] need of repair.
Thanks for the hassles, [F] Korean and ith.
But [Gm] I hurled myself to [Cm] one last show and I [Fm] made a few friends, [F] show code and co.
Walked them down to the train [Cm] station below.
[Fm] Hugged them goodbye as I walked back.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Remembered a girl [Eb] who I'd loved.
She grew up in [Gm] cardboard box [Bb] in a town called [Eb] Dharma.
She shook my spirit and she [Gm] rattled my thigh.
[Bb] But I had some love [Eb] back home, so I never suited or [Gm] called her telephone.
[Bb] I wonder if she [Eb] knew that I'd lose her.
I wonder if she thought [F] that I'd use her.
And by the [Cm] time that I awoke, around [Fm] my neck I felt [F] fingers jolt.
I [Gm] felt a jolt of an [Eb] electric sting.
I felt the pull of an [F] invisible string.
[Gm] Is it my future [Cm] falling?
Or is it the past I'm [F] calling?
I can't [Gm] remember and you can't make me [Eb] remember.
Anything that hurts makes [Bb] me shit.
I can't remember and you can't make [Gm] me remember.
My [F] dirty reflection [Bb] shimmering in the rain.
I can't [C] remember and you can't make me [Gm] remember.
Old [F] forgotten blues who reopened my heart.
I can't remember and you can't make me [Gm] remember.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] I can't [C] remember and you can't make me [Gm] remember.
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ I was five years old the last [Eb] time I slept.
A quiet night before the [Gm] loudness crept.
[Bb] I wrote poetry [Cm] throughout my teens and [Fm] I far exceeded my [Gm] childhood.
[Bb] Teachers told me I [Eb] couldn't write, that I'd never make a living or [Gm] touch anyone's land.
[Bb] People told me I [Eb] couldn't sing, that I [C] wouldn't amount to much [F] of anything.
[Gm] By the time that [Cm] I awoke, I was 25 years old and [F] crossing hoops.
[Gm] Working hard to [Eb] develop my sound, going city to city, [F] covering ground.
[Gm] By the time that [Cm] I had awoken, I was wanting a handful [F] of jokes.
[Gm] Take the pumps, [Eb] take the arrows, bleed the blood, [Bb] blood of spares.
I can't [C] remember and you can't make [Gm] me remember.
Any [F] hurtful words did [Bb] I endure.
I can't [C] remember and you can't make [Eb] me remember.
When I [F] was a lost [Bb] flock less bird.
I can't [G] remember and you can't make [Cm] me remember.
When I [F] couldn't track [Bb] Bumblebee.
I can't [C] remember and you can't make [A] me remember.
Why [F] in a crowd I [Eb] am so lonely.
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I [Bb] met the most beautiful love, [Eb] _ walking along the San [Gm] Francisco.
She [Bb] guides me through the [Eb] perils, through the long [Gm] unlit hallways.
[Bb] Below the surface, beneath [Eb] the distractions, beneath [Gm] my dummy jerk reactions.
[Bb] It's to her I owe [Eb] everything.
It is for her that my [Gm] heart sings.
[Bb] And by the time that I [Eb] awoke, [Gm] fingers loosened on the edge.
And by the time that I [Eb] awoke. _ _ _
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