[Intro]
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G/B Bm G/B Bm
[Verse 1]
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I could never build the ether, or the grass overgrown
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I could never build the river with a mouth full of foam
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I could never built the winter with her cold tears of glitter
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I've been listening to the red oak, the acorn she cries
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Listening to the white birch, the paper she dries
Em7 A7sus4
I've been listening to the frog's joke, listening to the fire smoke
[Chorus]
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I could never tell you now what I had oftеn said before
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Becausе promise is a pendulum, just swinging at the door
Em7 Em7
And I'm not saying I'm not jealous, or scared anymore
A7sus4
I'm just saying
[Verse 2]
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I could never make a rainbow, or any kind of flower
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Could never make a sparrow, or a meteor shower
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Could never build an earthworm, never make the earth turn
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I've been listening to the laughing of the fox down the trail
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Clasping to the listening of the moss to the snail
Bm Bm
Ooo
Em7 A7sus4
The shimmer of the beech leaves, as the wind does a big sneeze
[Chorus]
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I could never tell you now, but I had so often said before
G/B Bm G/B Bm
Because promise is a pendulum, just swinging at the door
Em7 Em7
And I'm not saying I'm not jealous, or scared anymore
A7sus4
I'm just saying
[Verse 3]
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I could never make the shadow between your cheek and your eye
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Could never make a freckle or the warm breath you sigh
Em7 A7sus4
The canopy of lashes with the softness of ashes
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I've been listening to the memory, the way that it was
G/B Bm G/B Bm
Listening to the echo of whys and because
Em7 A7sus4
Listening to the echo, telling me to let go
[Chorus]
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I could never tell you now, but I had often said before
G/B Bm G/B Bm
Because promise is a pendulum, just swinging at the door
Em7 Em7
And I'm not saying I'm not jealous or scared anymore
A7sus4
I'm just saying
A7sus4
Sayin'
