Recoil Chords by Ani Difranco

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_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm home at my [C] _ guitar, _ [G] there's nothing to [A] say to me.
_ I recoil [C] from all my [G] friends, _ and then I'm in [A] it already.
_ _ It's been so long since I've been [G] held, _ really since I was this.
_ Probably just need to [C] be held, _ [G] that's probably [A] all it [Am] is. _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] Cuz then I think of my [C] dad,
_ [G] the kind that travels [A] mostly now.
_ _ [Am] Back to when he was [G] free, _ and holding out hope [A] somehow.
_ He sits all day in a [C] line, _ [G] of wheelchairs [A] against a wall,
_ inventing ways to play [C] out time, like a [G] saw, like a [A] saw.
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_ To [G] all the people [C] out there tonight, _ who [G] are comforting _ [Am] themselves.
[Bm] If you should [C] ever see [F] my light, you can [G] stop and ring [Am] my bell.
[G] I'm just _ [C]
sitting here in this die, strewn [G]
with half [Am] written [G] songs.
Taking [C] one breath at a [Dm] time, nothing much going [F] on. _ _
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Nothing _ much going [F] _ _
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_ _ Little [C] flashing view on my [G] _ answering _ [A] machine.
That's scratching at my [C] brain, brain [D] _ shuffling its [A] feet.
Cuz I have my _ [C] father's heart, and it [G] only might keep on [A] trying.
Can't really tell you what [C] it is keeps me [G] beside that [A] dark line.
_ I'm not _ [C] there to take [D] care of [A] him.
_ I'm _ _ [C] here to take care of [A] me.
_ _ _ I'm _ [C] outside, _ watch the house burn [A] _ _
down _ _ _ across [G]
the street.
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I'm _ _ _ _ _ [C] outside, _ watch the [G] house burn [A] _
down _ across _ _ [G] _
the _ street.
_ _ [A] To all [Bm] the people [C] out there [F] tonight, [G] who are comforting _ [Am] themselves.
[Bm] If you should [C] ever see [C] my light, you can [Gm] stop and ring [Am] my bell.
[G] I'm just _ [C] sitting here in this [F]
die, strewn [G] with half written [Am]
songs.
[G] Taking one breath at a [D] time, nothing much going [F] _ _ _ on. _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ Nothing much [E] going on.
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