Chords for The Blue Distance

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[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Across the railroad [F] _ tracks, down [Bb] the _ [F] gravel road, _
[C] lights throw [Dm] in _ [C] on [Bb] the way back home.
_ _ [C]
Lie down, [F] lie down, _ [Bb] listen _ [F] wide awake
_ to [C] the trains [F] that roll, _ [Bb] to the sound time makes.
It [C] passes through the [F] _ air [Bb] like a summer [F] storm, _ _
catching [C] on [Dm] my sleeve _ [C]
like [Bb] a _ rose's thorn. _ _
[C] Sometimes _ [F] it whispers, _ [Bb] sometimes _ [F] it roars, _
_ [C] flies like [F] the wind, _ [Bb] waits by the door. _ _
And I know [F] you know, and [Dm] that's all [F] I need. _
[Bb] When the _ [F] light of day looks [Am] like night to me, _
when [Bb] you're _ [F] far away _ [Dm] and I'm [F] all _ alone,
_ [Bb] _ I [F] can't explain, _ [C] I know [F] you know. _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
It [C] fills up my _ [F] chest, it [Bb] fills up [F] my eye, _
[C] like an old [Dm] glass jar [C] _
[Bb] filled with fireflies.
_ _ [F] _
_ [C] Sometimes [F] I'm still, _
_ [Bb] sometimes _ [F] I sigh,
_ [C] sometimes _ [F] I'm lost and I [Bb] don't know why. _
But I know [F] you know, _ and [Dm] that's all I [F] _
need.
When [Bb] the light [F] of day looks [Am] like night to me, _ _
when [Bb] you're far [F] away _ _ [Dm] and I'm all [F] _ alone,
_ _ [Bb] I can't [F] _ explain, _ [C] I know [F] you know.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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[C] In the morning [F] _ light, [C] _
[Bb] before the heat [F] sets in, _
[C] I call the dogs [Dm] to run _ [C]
where [Bb] the shade has been.
_ [C]
Across the railroad _ tracks, lay [Bb] your [F] silver down, _
[C] find it smooth [F] and flat, stars [Bb] for your _ crown.
[G] _
[C] In the blue _ [F] distance, _ where [Bb] our lives [F] _ unfurl,
the [C] edges of [Dm] the sky, _ [C]
the [Bb] beauty of the world. _ _
I know [F] you know, and [Dm] that's all [F] I need. _
[Bb] When the [F] light of day looks [Am] like night to me, _
when [Bb] we're _ [F] far away _ [Dm] and we're [C] all [F] alone, _
_ [Bb] I [F] can't explain, _ [C] I know [F] you know. _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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