Tonalité : D minor
Intro 1
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Em
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Bm
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Verse 1
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Whispers
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of a wind to lift you off the ground,
D
The breath of air that'll take
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you where it will,
D
Em
This flight of fancy carries you until
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you know for sure
Am
There's no going back
To where you were before,
Now you've lost the knack.
C
With best- laid plans you
Verse 2
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once flattered to deceive,
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Of fatted calf were intent
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to eat your fill.
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Perpetual motion carries you but
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Bm
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still you know for sure
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That you can't keep track
And you can't keep score
E
C
There's no going back any
more.
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Em
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Verse 3
You were tethered
Eyes and ears peeled tightly
on the ground,
Wondering whether
What goes up is certain
Dm
to come down...
D
Steady measures,
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Learn to take the whole thing in
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Am
the round.
Interlude 1
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Dm
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Verse 4
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Keep on talking,
For that's all that's keeping you aloft
It was awkward
Dm
Holding in your breath before the off.
D
Now you travel,
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Dm
though you're not so eager to arrive.
C
On the journey what respect
you earn is token,
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F
Faith in progress goes unspoken
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And that's all that's keeping you alive.
E
Am
And you know it's
Verse 5
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not the going,
Dm
it's the getting there
E
Am
That'll slow you,
E
Dm
so you really can't remember where
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Dm
You were heading when you started;
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Am
All was eloquence but now it's
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all hot air.
Interlude 2
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Draw breath in apprehen
Verse 6
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sion,
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Dm
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No safety features left in place,
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Your sentence in suspension.
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You're clinging on,
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Bm
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Bm
a basket case.
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E
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You didn't want to tell me
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F
Dm
About your secret passion.
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E
F
Dm
What dummy would you sell me
D
Bm
With such unfashionable haste?
Interlude 3
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Dm
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C#m
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Verse 7
Am
Hold it steady,
Can't afford to let direction drift.
Are you ready?
Dm
The denouement when it comes is swift.
D
G
Are you joking? Were you hoping
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Dm
for some jolly japes?
C
Eat those words or spit them out before
they choke you.
G
Failing progress
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From this moment
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Am
E
Am
I don't see you mak ing your escape.
Verse 8
E
And you know it's not the going,
Dm
it's the getting there
E
That'll get you, that'll get you,
Am
no- one lets you
E
Know you're slowly in the process
Dm
of forgetting where
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Dm
You were heading when you started.
C
Am
All was eloquence
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Am
Or was it all hot air ?
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Verse 9
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So the pay- off's due,
Now you've told your tale.
All the words you used
Are exhaled.
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