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(most of the dyads can be played using the low E and A strings)
Cm(no 5th)
it's so beautiful here, she says,
Bb(no 3rd) Ab(no 3rd)
this moment now. and this moment, now.
Fm7(no 3rd) Cm
and I never thought I would find her here:
BbAb
flannel and satin, my four walls transformed.
CmBbGm7Ab
but she's looking at me, straight to center,
CmBbGm7Ab
no room at all for any other thought.
Cm(no 5th) Bb(no 3rd) Adim(no 3rd) Ab(no 3rd)
and I know I don't want this. oh I swear I don't want this.
Fm7GmFmAb
there's a reason not to want this but I forgot.
(single notes: Eb-Bb-G-F)
CmBbAb-Abmaj7-Ab
in the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder,
CmCm7Gm7
hair falling forward, mouth all askew.
Fm7Cm
fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead:
BbAbMA7/GAb
passengers missing, we're looking for you.
CmBbGm7Ab
and she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,
CmBbGm7Ab
face pressed into the corduroy grooves.
Cm Bb Adim(no 3rd) Ab
maybe it means nothing, maybe it means nothing,
CmBbGm7Ab
maybe it means nothing, but I'm afraid to move.
Trumpet solo:
Trumpet single notes: Eb-Bb- G - F
Chord progression: Cm-Cm-Ab-Bb
(repeat 4x, hold Bb one additional bar the 4th time)
CmBbAb
and the words: they're everything and nothing.
CmBbGm7Ab
I want to search for her in the offhand remarks.
Fm7Cm
who are you, taking coffee, no sugar?
BbGm7Ab
who are you, echoing street signs?
CmBbGm7Ab
who are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover,
CmBbGm7Ab
dark curtains drawn by the passage of time?
Eb Eb/G Adim(no3rd) Bb7(no 5th)
oh words like rain, how sweet the sound.
Cm(add6) BbGm7Ab
well anyway, she says, I'll see you around...
Outro:
Vienna sings notes unaccompanied: Eb-Bb-G-F
one time, piano and bass rejoin 2nd time
with Cm-Cm-Ab-Bb)
Repeats melody with
chord progression:
Cm-cm/g-Ab-Bb (6x)
Bb holds for 1 extra bar, finishes on cm