Chords for Passers-by - Jehro

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ I _
[Ab] sing you a song [G] that I offer _ [Gb] to all of the women [F] you love for [C] the moment, _ [Gb] the brief,
secret [Eb] time.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm]
To [Ab] those that you scarcely had [G] met when [E] a different destiny [Fm] led them _ [Cm] to places [Bb] you can't _ even [Cm] find.
_ To _ _ _ [G] _
[Ab] her that you saw for an [G] instant _ _
[Gm] appear at her window [Fm] quite distant, _ [Cm] then suddenly
_ _ _ [Bb] vanished _ away.
_ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] A slim silhouette, a [G] tummy-wrapped line, so [E] gracefully faded [Fm] for all time, [Cm] you feel the
[Gm] You were [Bb] trying to come [Cm] to stay.
_ _ _ _ [Ab]
To her on a train you [G] were traveling, _ [Gm] whose beautiful eyes left [Fm] you marveling, [Cm] then _ shortened
[Bb] the journey _ [Eb] so much.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[Abm] Perhaps you alone [G] understood her, _ [E] you watched her get out but [Fm] you _ couldn't [Cm] even [D] give a [Bb] second one [Cm] lifetime.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
To a woman already [G] bespoken _ [E] who'll find that their [Bb] lives are mere talking, [Cm] _
to someone _ [Gb] that
seems not [Eb] to _ care.
_ [G] _ _
[Ab] They once in a moment [G] of madness _ [E] described the [Eb] unbearable [Fm] sadness, _ [Cm]
and I [Gm] suppose our
own _ [Cm] leaders can. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Visions once glimpsed and [G] _ idealized, [C] the shoulders that hopes [F] never realized, [Cm] _ _
remain in our [Bb] minds.
Just [Eb] one _ day, [G] _ _ _
[Ab] whatever brief happiness [G] takes you, _ [E] the memory will quickly [Fm] forsake you.
[Cm]
For those who [Gm] once met _ on [Cm] your way, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
feeling your life [G] has been wasted, _ [Gm]
you wish with regret
that [Fm] you tasted, _ [Cm] and know what [Bb] this joy might [Eb] have _ [G] been. _ _ _
[Ab] The kisses you dared [G] not discover, _ [Gm] the hearts that are waiting [Fm] forever, _ [Cm] those eyes [Gb] and their [C] _ [Bb] glances [Cm] same.
When _ _ _ _ weariness [Dm] lengthens [G] your evenings, _ [Gm] your people, your _ [Fm] solitude's grieving, _ [Cm] with phantoms
[Bb] your memory _ _
[Eb] _ _ retains.
[G] _ _ _
[Ab] Your monotonous lips of [G] these countless, fell [Gm] passersby briefly [Fm] and counted. _ _
[Cm] You didn't [Bb] know how to [Cm] _ detain. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _