Hourglass Chords by Patty Griffin

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_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] The [D]
hourglass never [Gm] really runs [D] out of sand [A] _ You get to the end and [Dm] you just turn it upside
[Am] down [Gm] again It's like [D] a book where [Gm] the story [D] never [Bbm] ends
The [D] clock keeps turning [Gm] around I _
_ [D] was [Gm] dancing with my [D] eyes [Gm] closed
The [D] music had [Gm] me in a [D] trance [Gm] _ _ [D] Six o'clock in [Gm] the morning [D] came around
[Eb] I was the [Dm] last [Gm] one up and down _ _ [Cm] _ Morning [Cm] takes a [Gm] stiff upper lip
[Cm] I turned up collar [Gm] and some very strong hips [Cm] A strong [Gm] will for when the money slips
[D] And they ain't calling you a lady now _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ A [D] sister told me [Gm] some time ago
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[D] There's no reward [Gm] for last [Dm] sheep [Gm] You better learn to [D] look sharp
[Gm] Keep it [D] in the lines, [Eb] don't go [D] swimming where the [Gm] river's too deep _
But I knew all along that that just [D] wasn't me
[Gm] I went [D] swimming in the river [Gm] with the coast in debris
I [D] said my purse and [Gm] lease had to [D] be free [Eb] Instead of giving up and [D] just pretending to be
Oh [Cm] yeah, the morning [Gm] leaves you in a strange place
[C] A dirty mirror and [Gm] a stranger's face [Cm] _ Nowhere to run
[Gm] So I laid your back out of it, [D] but I know we'll stick around
And take a crack [Gm] out of it
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[D] I've heard it said [Gm] many times that life is a dream
But it is, [D] I've been dreaming of [Gm] a crazy [Dm] machine
[Gm] That's been [D] choking out the [Gm] love, killing [D] too many [Eb] dreamers
And I just want to tear that old [Gm] machine down
_ [D] Ask me what I [Gm] would dream of in this place
I dream [D] of a forest [Gm] where we could all meet
Face to [Gm] face where love could be love
_ [D] Dreamers could be [Eb] dreamers _ [D] Dreamers [Gm] dreaming of love
And it's spending one more [Dm] dreamer dreaming of love
One more [Eb] time now _ Dreamers [Dm] dreaming _ [Gm] of love _ _ _ _
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