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#From marten@sky.net Sun May 4 10:24:07 1997
#Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 08:37:42 -0700
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#Subject: CRD: John Hiatt - Distance
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#Distance
#John Hiatt / Overcoats 1975
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D /C /B
You are the beautiful lover
G-/Bb (or E-7b5/Bb)
My Lover
D /C /B
I am the distant shore
/BbD
So far away
/C /B /Bb
There is so much to uncover
A7
Love's hiding
C9
What is this distance for
DG-
What is it for
D /C /B
Out of the dark I am falling
G-/Bb
I^m fallin'
D /C /B
Into your warm candle flame
/Bb
So bright
D /C /B /Bb
A butterfly pinned to love's calling
A7
Love's calling
C9
Why must this magic be named
D
Must it be named
B- E-
We've filled the air
G- A7
With silent stares
B- E-
But still no one dares
E-7b5/Bb
We are strangers
B- G
The sad jealous praise
E- G-
As the symphony plays
E- G- DG-/Bb
And we are the foolish arrangers
DG-/Bb
The foolish arrangers
REPEAT VERSE ONE
Duration Notation:
| = bar line; within bar lines chords divide measure
No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time
/ = play same as previous chord, beat or measure
transcribed by OtMan (Otto Marten) marten@sky.net