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(intro) F G

Am
Dare I ask you this?
      G
Where do you stand as
                Am
a come and go acquaintance?
                     Dm
I've been pondering around this
                     Am
bond for sometime now Where
         G
have you been hiding in?
      Am            Dm
Is it in the tall forest?
         Am            G
Won't he listen to the voices
                 F G
calling his name?
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Will he attempt?

Am
  I've been laying on the
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other side where they are
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all waving goodbye behind a
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fake frown Feeding lies to
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the ears of a brother that
             F
has been lost, trying to find
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a way back home but stumbles
       Am          Dm
on the roof he made wandering
wandering

Am              G
As he barks the words
that have no meaning
  Am
I try to paint a
picture in my mind of
Dm                    Am
how things used to be As you
say your speech the blank
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static screen is trying to
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make the channel clear but gets
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interrupted by your careless heart

        Am
Walking backward straying away
        F
looking at me with a
               Am
face afraid of being a false
witness to this never-ending case
The thought of empty-handedness
                 F
is having its way So
                       Am
stop running away from me
              F   Dm
(let me go to much)
but we're
Am               F    Dm
far from our goodbyes The
Am               F    Dm
end lies in your hands
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as we are keeping set minds
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the end lies in your hands
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as we are keeping set minds
    Am
keeping minds

Am
  I've been laying on the
C         F
other side where they are
           G
all waving goodbye behind a
          Am
fake frown Feeding lies to
              C
the ears of a brother that
             F
has been lost, trying to find
  G        Am
a way back home

Am
  It's an empty page with
F
growing age It's bound
to flourish again