Stop Singing Chords

[Verse 1]
      G                           A
The possibility that if I stopped clapping
   Bm
My hands in the void
        C#m                    F#m
I would notice that I can't hold on to things
         G                           A
And the possibility that if I stopped bellowing
   Bm
My voice in the void
        C#m                    F#m
I would notice songs that, all around me, sing
 
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B|-2-/3---5---7------------|
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Riff 1
 
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E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Arp. 1
 
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Arp. 2
 
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D|-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4---|
A|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---5-|
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Arp. 3
 
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D|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---|
A|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---4-|
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Arp. 4
 
[Verse 2]
           Arp. 1
Looms in weather
                Arp. 2
Lives buried in my days
                             Arp. 3
With all my songs and rhythms going
                                Arp. 4
Like the darkness surrounding a flame
 
[Build]
 
Arp. 1    Arp. 2   Arp. 3    Arp. 4
 
[Guitar 2 enters]           (Bm        A        G         F#m) x3
 
[Guitar 1 at the same time] (Arp. 1    Arp. 2   Arp. 3    Arp. 4) x3
 
Repeat Riff 1 on guitar and bass throughout build
 
[Verse 3]
            Em                Bm
It's what I don't say with my mouth
        G                          A
It's my mouth opening to breathe in
         F#m
It's open windows in the wall
            Em           Bm
Still, I go on and on describing the shape
  G                A               F#m
Around the thing I want to but can not name
                  Em          Bm
I go on and on in song, after song
      G               A
After song, after song
               F#m
And, though my long life feels busy
               F#m
And full of usefulness and drive
      Em                   Bm
I will sleep through every single dawn
    G             A               F#m
And those I see I will not really comprehend
      Em                  Bm
I will sing through every single song
  G                 A              F#m
About the spaces left when we stop singing
        F#m
And I will do this with longing
 
[Break]
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D|-9-7---------------------|
A|-----9-------------------|
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Riff 2
 
(Em  Riff 2  Em  Riff 2  Em  Riff 2  A  Riff 2  F#m) x2
 
[Double Time]
 
(Bm     A     G     F#m) x2
 
[Break]
 
Em  Riff 2  Em  Riff 2  Em  Riff 2  A  Riff 2  F#m
 
 
 
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