Bright Eyes - Ladder Song, off of The People's Key
It's a great song on the piano, but goes well on an acoustic guitar
Make sure you play the G chord
and the B - Bb/Bm transition as follows;
G: 320003
Bm: x24432
Bb/Bm: x14432
Dmaj7: xx0222
D7: xx0212
A/D: x00323
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No one knows where the ladder goes
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You're going to lose what you love the most
You're not alone in anything
You're not unique in dying
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I feel estranged every now and then
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Fall asleep reading science fiction
I want to fly in your silver ship
Let Jesus hang and Buddha sit
It's on now
The days are long now
The ups and the sundowns
In a twisting mind
If I've got to go first
I'll do it on my terms
I'm tired of traitors always changing sides
They were friends of mine
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Don't hang around once the promise breaks
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Or you'll be there when the next one's made
Kiss the feet of a charlatan
Some imagined freedom
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All the rest is predictable
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You can say you're the first to know
Bought a mantra to concentrate
Car alarm or hissing snake
I know now
How it's going to turn now
You got to calm down
Or I'll lose my place
Got to get to the center
Got to get to the concert
Run off with a dancer
Going to celebrate
We'll welcome to new age
G/f#
Covered in warrior paint
Lights from the jungle to the sky
I've seen how a star's born
G/f#
Looks just like a blood orange
Don't it just make you want to cry
Precious friend of mine?
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Will I know when it's finally done
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This whole life's a hallucination
You're not alone in anything
You're not alone in trying
To be