The Pruning Chords by Rasputina, Rasputina

[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D#m]
[B] On _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _
the border of an orchard, on a cultivated lawn,
[E] Where they practice horticulture, there they know what's going on.
They're not [B] afraid to cut it, _ _ _ _ but then the best get picked,
From this virtuous thicket, [E] by scythe or scissor,
[C#m] By instrument and implement, that's [B] how they cut it. _ _ _ _ _
It's time to [F#m] trim and thin, _ [F] and invasive,
_ The _ _ _
[C#] roots are linted, _ _ [B] the leaves are dry.
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[C] Let's [Cm] realize [C#m] two material things,
[F#] Nothing in the [D#m] truth [B] can be _ changed.
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ A perilous world, showing every sign of [E] losing your [B] heart, _ _
[D#m] Floods lean and tatter [F#] during these strange later days,
[B] Just before it all fell _ apart. _
You can build such fantastic palaces, [E] _ _ foundations of [B] strife. _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] On where _ _ _
[B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
the seedling is taken [F] as a delicacy,
[C#] By the soul's mowing [B] nursery. _ _
_ [D#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
[B] _ _ _ The [C#] rich [B] thicket _ others said, _ _ _ they [G#] said we each deserve the [C#m] earth, _ _
[A#m] But you my friend, yes [B] you did it first, yes you did, la da _ dee. _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [G#] _ It's _
[F] _ [C#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [B] time to trim and [F#m] thin, _ [G#m] and invasive, _
The [C#] _ _ [Em] _ roots are linted, _ _ [D#] [B] the leaves are _ [C#] dry.
[B] _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ [E] perilous sky _ _ _ forever.
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