This is based on the acoustic tab for Lightness that's already on the site (which
I would highly recommend you check out).
It's just a chorded version for those of us not adept at picking and playing.
Standard Tuning, No Capo
Verse 1
F G Am
There's a tear in the fabric of your favorite dress
C
And I'm sneaking glances.
F G
Looking for the patterns in static
Am
They start to make sense
C
The longer I'm at it.
Chorus
F G
Ivory lines lead
Am C
Oh wha-ho, oh wha-ho
Interlude
Em F C x2
Verse 2
F G Am
Your heart is a river that flows from your chest
C
Through every organ.
F G
Your brain is the dam
Am
And I am the fish
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C
Who can't reach the core.
Chorus
F G
Ivory lines lead
Am C
Oh wha-ho, oh wha-ho
Em F C
Oh, instincts are misleading
Em F C
You shouldn't think what you're feeling
Em F
They don't tell you what
C
You know you should want
Repeat
F G
Ivory lines lead
Am C
Oh wha-ho, oh wha-ho
F G
Ivory lines lead
Am C
Oh wha-ho, oh wha-ho
Em F C
Oh, instincts are misleading
Em F C
You shouldn't think what you're feeling
Em F
They don't tell you what
C
You know you should want
Ending
F G
Ivory lines lead
Am
Oh wha-ho,
F G
Ivory lines lead
Am
Oh wha-ho,
