Solitude Standing Chords by Suzanne Vega

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I can see by her eyes she's been waiting, standing in the slant of the late [Am] afternoon.
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_ _ [Em] I [Am] can see by [Bm] her eyes _ _ [E] _ _ _ she's _
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_ _ been waiting, standing in the slant of the late afternoon.
She [G] said it was still [Dm] sweet, [A] and she says I've come to [G] lighten this dark heart.
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[C#m] She takes my wrist, I [B] feel her infant [A] appeal.
[C#m] And I said I never [B] thought of finding you. _
[A] We enter the crowd as they're watching, sitting all together in the dark and the warm.
I wanted to be in your arms.
I see how their eyes are gathered and [Am] clenched.
To me with her hand [B] extended, palms [Em] swift with a flower with a [E] flame.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [A] And she says I've come to [G] set it twisted.
_ [B] _ [A] And she says I've come to [G] lighten this dark.
[F] _ _ [C#m] And she takes my wrist, I [B] feel her infant [A] appeal.
_ [C#m] And I said I never [B] thought of finding you.
_ [Am] Solitude stands in the doorway.
We stroke [A] once again by her black silhouette, by her long cold stare and her [Am] silence.
We [Em] suddenly remember each time we've met.
[Am] And she turns to me with her hand [Em] extended, palms swift with a flower with a [E] flame. _ _ _
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