Forgiveness Chords by Patty Griffin

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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] We are swimming with the [B] snakes _ at the bottom of a [E] well
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] So silent and [B] peaceful in the [A] _
darkness [E] where we fell
_ [B] But [C#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] we are not [B] snakes and what's more [A] we never [E] will be
_ [B] _ _ [C#m] And _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] if we stay swimming here [B] forever we will [A] never [E] be free
[B] _ _ [C#m] I _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ heard them [B] ringing the _ bells _ _ in heaven [E] and hell
_ They _ [B] got a secret _ _ they're getting ready [C#m] to tell
It's falling from the _ [A]
skies, _ _ it's calling from [E] the _ [A] graves
_ _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _
_ Open [B] your eyes boy, [F#m] I think we are _ [E] safe
_ [B] _ [C#m] _
_ Open [B] your eyes boy, [A] I think we [E] are safe
[G#m] Stiggo out [A] on the bridge with _ _ [E] this mess
I [C#m] don't need to tell [B] me a thing baby, _ we already [C#m] confessed
And I raised my voice to [F#m] the air _ _ and we were [B] [E] blessed
_ It's _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bm] hard [E] to give, _ it's _ hard to get
_ [F#m] But everybody needs a [E] _ little [B] _ _
_ [E] forgiveness
_ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [B] We _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] are calling [B] for help tonight only, [A] _
then [E] phone _ line
[C#m] _
As _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
usual [B] we're having ourselves [A] one hell [E] of a time
[G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ And [C#m] the planes keep flying [B] right over our heads no matter [A] how _ [E] we try
_ _ [C#m] _
And _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ we [C#m] keep waving, waving our [B] arms in the air but we're all [A] tied [E] down
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ I heard [B] somebody say, _ _ today is the [E]
day
_ Big _ [C#m] [B] old _ hurricane, the cheese blowing [C#m] our _ _ _ way
Knocking over the _ buildings, [A] _ killing [E] all the light
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] Open your eyes boy, we [E]
made it through the night
_ _ [C#m] Open _ [B] your eyes boy, [A] we made [E] it through the night
_ Stiggo out on the [A]
bridge, _ _ [C#m] right over [E] this mess
_ _ _ _ _ [B] I don't need to tell me a thing baby, we already [C#m] confessed
_ And I raised my voice [F#m] to the air _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
and we were blessed
It's [E] hard to give, _ _ _ it's hard to get
_ _ [A] _
It's [E] hard to leave now baby, [A] I still [E] think it's the best bet
[G#m] Hey now, [A] _
I'm [E] on the gill, [B] I'm never gonna [C#m] forget
_ But [A]
everybody [E] needs a _ little [B] _
_ [E] forgiveness
_ _ _ Everybody _ needs a _ little [B] _
forgiveness
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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