Concrete Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

AmNovember in a rainstorm, the Ftruest truth I ever heard

GThe sound of babies crying in a hospital ward

AmOh, like a bed of rushes, they spread Flove out on the concrete floor

GNames, and dates, and faces I really can't remember Amanymore

AmWe could hardly tell the difference Fbetween one year and another

GSun like pouring whiskey, snow like shedding skins of lovers

AmAnd, I grew up with magic; fFree and wild as bindweed

GPushing for the boundary, pushing through the edges of theAm concrete

 I'm theC girl that bought a round-trip cross the REubicon

EAnd I'm not sure that even I know where I'm Amcoming from

AmSentimental tango when IF was just fourteen

GI could hear Astaire and Rogers tap their way across the screen

AmOh, bullied and belittled, until thFe sun set in the concrete

GI wore my sister's black skirt, all dressed up for AmHalloween

AmWe could hardly tell the difference between theF shouting and the quiet

GIt was the path of least resistance to stage my own private riot

AmAnd the walls tumbled like Babel, dFown around my feet

GRhyme came in deliverance rising through the wreckage and thAme concrete

CI'm the girl that bought a round-trip cross theE Rubicon

EI'm not sure that even I know where I'm comiAmng from

AmFor a girl who loves her words, yeah,F she loves her silence more

GFound a better example of what hearts and tongues are for

AmThere is truth in your arm's love, tFhere is truth in this song

GThere is truth in the concrete and the nails that our lives areAm built upon.