The Clean Edge of Change Chords by Carrie Newcomer

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_ _ _ _ _ [G] First there is [Am] the folding in, _ [F] to gather light [C] and dark to you.
_ _ [F] The journey down so [Am] far that it [Dm] has nowhere [G] else to go but [C] through. _
I [C] thought if I [G] tried hard enough, [A] _
[Dm] with [G] endless motion [C] like a bride.
_ As if by this through [Am] will of God, could [Dm] be bent to my [G] version [C] of [F] right.
What [Am] happens next is nearly [F] _ weightless.
The [Am] opening, [D] we [C] stand [F] _ breathless, on the clean edge [G] of change.
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_ [F] You cannot [G] live beneath [A] my wings, _
[F] [C] no more will he see seventeen.
_ [F] How many mornings [Am] did I wait, [F] and wish that [G] it [C] be you I'd see.
What [Am] happens next is [F] nearly weightless.
_ The [Am] opening, _
[D] [C] we stand [F] _ _ breathless, on the clean [G] edge of change.
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] And who am I, who makes [Am] this [A] sound, [F] who rode the [Am] shadow all the way [F] down,
to the clean edge [G] of change.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] In the clear space [Em] of [Am] knowing that, _ there's as [Dm] many names for darkest [C] light.
_ _ [F] I'm choosing mostly [Am] now to speak, _ the [G] ones that get me through the [C] night. _
But [F] always with [Am] humility, _ [F] with a [G] worn out but a [C] grateful heart. _
Having sang so [Am] recently, _ _ [Dm] full [G] throated [C] in the dark.
What [Am] happens next is nearly [F] _ weightless.
The [Am] opening, [Dm] we [C] stand [F] _ _ breathless, on the clean edge [G] of _ change.
_ [Em] _ [Am] _
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_ [F] First [G] there is the [Am] folding in, [Dm] to gather [G] light and dark [C] for you.
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The journey down so [Am] far that it, [Dm] has nowhere [C] else to go but through. _ _ _ _ _
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