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LOVE’S RECOVERY (Emily Saliers)
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[Tune 6th string (low E) down to D.]
[Actually in F, so capo up 3 frets.]
[Feel free to simplify some of the chords; e.g., play Gmaj13 as G6 or GM7.]
[Each chord is one measure, with these exceptions: Chords joined by hyphens
are one measure _total_; the (D)’s at the end of the choruses only last
about one quarter-note, and the chords on the very last line have timing
markers underneath them.]
D Gmaj7/D D11 Em9/D D Gmaj7/D D11 Em9/D
[intro]
D Gmaj13 Gmaj13 D(9)
During the time of which I speak, it was hard to turn the other cheek
Gmaj13 Gmaj13 Asus A7
To the blows of insecurity
D Gmaj13 D(9) D
Feeding the cancer of my intellect, the blood of love, soon neglected
D(9) G Asus A7
Lay dying in the strength of its impurity
G G E7/G# E7/G#
Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together, they’ve all
Asus A7 G G
Gone and left each other in search of fairer weather
D G
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
A7sus A7 D A7/D (D) A7/D Em D A7/D D A7
To the slim chance of love’s recovery
There I am in younger days, stargazing, painting picture perfect maps
Of how my life and love should be
Not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection, my compass, faith in
love’s perfection
I missed ten million miles of road I should’ve seen
Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together
Left each other one by one on the road to fairer weather
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
A7sus A7 D A7/D (D) A7/D Em
To the slim chance of love’s recovery
A — Asus A — Asus C(9) C(9)
Rain soaked and voice choked like silent screaming in a dream
D D Bm/D E7
I search for our absolute distinction
A — Asus A — Asus C(9) C(9)
Not content to bow and bend to the whims of culture that swoop like vultures)
D D D D
Eating us away, eating us away
G G Asus A Asus A
Eating us away to our extinction
Oh how I wish I were a trinity, so if I lost a part of me
I’d still have two of the same to live
But nobody gets a lifetime rehearsal; as specks of dust, we’re universal
To let this love survive would be the greatest gift that we could give
Tell all the friends who think they’re do together
That these are ghosts and mirages, all these thoughts of fairer weather
Though it’s storming out, I feel safe within the
A7sus A7 D A7/D (D) A7/D Em
arms of love’s dicovery
D Em/D Em D Em D Em7/A D
^[instrumental] ^ . . . ^ . . . ^ . . . ^
D: 000232 Gmaj7/D: 0x0032 D11: 004032 Em9/D: 022002 Gmaj13: 5×4030
D(9): 000230 Asus: x02230 A7: x02020 E7/G#: 676700 or 6×0400
A7sus: x02030 A7/D: 002020 Em: 222000 A: x02220 C(9): x32030
Bm/D: 024432 E7: 220100 Em7/A: x02030
INTRO TAB:
[ = is a hammer-on or pull-off; ^ is a tie across measures. ]
[Warning: this might be wrong.]
D (000232) Gmaj7/D (000032) D(11) (004032) Em9/D (002002)
E —————-|—————-|—————-|—————-|
B —————-|—————-|—3————-|—————-|
G —-2———0^|0———0——|—0——-0——|———-0——|
D ———-0——|—————4^|4——4——-2^|2——2———|
A ————0—|—-0——-0—|—-0——-0—|—-0——-0=2-|
D 0——-0——-|0——-0——-|0——-0——-|0——-0——-|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
D (00423x) Gmaj7/D (000032) D(11) (004032) Em/D (002000)
E —————-|—————-|——2———|—0————-|
B ——3———|—————-|—————-|—————-|
G —-2———0^|0—————|—0-2——0-2-0^|0—————|
D ————4—|—————4^|4—————|—————-|
A —-0——-0—|—-0——-0—|—-0——-0—|—-0——-0—|
D 0——-0——-|0——-0——-|0——-0——-|0——-0——-|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
— Adam Schneider, [email protected]