Sadness as a Gift

Sadness as a Gift Guitar Chords

Adrianne Lenker
Album : Bright Future
    [Verse 1]

G       G/F#   Em

You and I both know

Em       C                G

There is nothing more to say

C                    G

Chance has shut her shining eyes

    D                Am

And turned her face away

 

[Chorus 1]

C                     G

Leaning on the window sill

G                  C                         G

You could write me someday and I think you will

G              C            C/B      Am

We could see the sadness as a gift and still

         D

Feel too heavy to hold

 

[Verse 2]

G    G/F#   Em

Snow falling

Em      C               G

Try to keep from calling

           C                   G

Watch the spring turn to winter

    D               Am

Fireflies all frozen

 

[Chorus 2]

C               G

The seasons go fast

G              C                     G

Thinking that this one was gonna last

G          C           C/B         Am     D

Maybe the question was too much to ask

 

[Verse 3]

G         G/F#     Em

Searching for your eyes

Em     C                G

All I see are blue skies

         C                 G

And that old man beats his crooked cane

     D             Am

It's time to let go

 

[Chorus 1]

C                     G

Leaning on the window sill

G                  C                         G

You could write me someday and I bet you will

G              C            C/B      Am

We could see the sadness as a gift and still

         D

Feel too heavy to hold

 

[Chorus 2]

C               G

The seasons go fast

G              C                     G

Thinking that this one was gonna last

G          C           C/B         Am     D

Maybe the question was too much to ask

 

[Instrumental]

G     G/F#   Em

Em    C      G

C     G

D     Am

C     G

C     G

C     C/B    Am

D

 

[Verse 4]

G       G/F#    Em

You and I could see

Em       C            G

Into the same eternity

C            G               D       Am

Every second brimming with a majesty

 

[Chorus 3]

C                  G

Kiss so sweet, so fine

G                  C                   G

You could hear the music inside my mind

G       C           C/B        Am

And you showed me a place I'll find

     D

Even when I'm old

 

[Chorus 1]

C                     G

Leaning on the window sill

G                  C                      G

You could write me someday and I hope you will

G              C            C/B      Am

We could see the sadness as a gift and still

 

[Chorus 2]

C               G

The seasons go fast

G             C                      G

Thinking that this one was gonna last

G          C           C/B         Am     D

Maybe the question was too much to ask