Rockaway Chords by Christine Lavin

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_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _
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_ [F] _ I [Am] stop [D] to [Am] look out the [Bb] _ window. _ _ _
[F] The sky [Am] above the waters [Dm] [F] turned a bitter [Bb] gray. _ _ _ _
[F] The summer people have packed their [C] station [Bb] _ wagons. _ _ _
_ [F] _ The city is calling them [Bb] away. _ _ _ _
_ [F] The [Am] air is not as warm as it [Bb] once _ _ was.
_ [F] The _ [Am] ocean's not as [C] tempting [Bb] as _ _ before. _
_ [F] _ The seagulls cry [C] a mournful [Bb] tune now, _ _
[F] as I shudder up the _ windows and the [Bb] _ _ _ doors. _
[Dm] While the _ _ _ _ trees _ [Am] _ outside _ _ _ _ [Dm] watch their leaves fall to [C] the ground. _ _ _
But [Dm] these _ walls _ _ _ [Am] inside _ me, _ _ well, [Dm] they _ never _ _ tumble [C] down. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] I think of all the chances [C] that have [Bb] passed _ me, _
and [F] all the [Am] _ [Dm] opportunities [C] I've let slip [Bb] _ by. _ _
And [F] all the friends along the way [Am] I have lost [Bb] track of. _ _
[F] It's enough [Am] to [Dm] make me [C] lay down [Bb] and _ cry. _ _
_ [F] And yet [Am] I push on [Dm] blindly [C] toward the [Bb] _ future, _ _ _
[F] though I [Am] haven't got a [Gm] [F] notion of where [Bb] I _ am. _ _
_ [F] As I'm [Am] [Dm] moving in some [Am] vague [Bb] direction, _ _ _
there [F] are times when I couldn't give a [Bb] damn. _ _ _ _
[Dm] While the _ _ trees _ _
_ [Am] _ outside _ _ _ _ watch [Dm] their leaves fall to [C] the _ _ ground. _
Oh, but [Dm] these _ _ _ _ walls _ [Am] inside _ me, _ well, [Dm] they never _ _ _ [C] tumble _ down. _ _ _
I'll [F] take one last [Dm] walk along [Am] this angry [Bb] ocean, _ _ _ _
[F] greet the [Am] fishermen _ [Dm] in [C] my usual _ [Bb] way. _ _ _ _
[F] Maybe [Am] stoop to [Dm] find [C] a pretty piece of [Bb] beach _ glass _ _
[F] to [Am] remind me [Dm] of [C] old _ [Bb] Rockaway.
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The [Am] salty spray [Dm] stings [C] my _
[Bb] sunburned face now,
_ [F] as I [Am] button up [D] my [C] coat against [Bb] the _ cold.
_ _ [F] There's a [Am] sorrow _ [Dm] I [C] always find [Bb] in leaving
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that [Am] chills me [Dm] deep [C] into [Bb]
my _ soul.
_ _ [Dm] While the _ trees _ _ _ [Am] _
_ outside _ _ _ watch [Dm] their leaves fall to [C] the ground.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] But these _ _ walls _ [Am] _ _
_ inside me, oh, will they [Dm] _
never _ _ _ [C] tumble down.
_ _ _ _ Tumble [Bb] _
down. Tumble down. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Tumble down. _ _ _ _ _
Tumble _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
down.
_ _ _ _ Tumble _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ down.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Tumble _ _ [Am] down. _ _ _ _
_ _ Tumble [Bb] down. _ _
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[F] Tumble down. _ _ _ _
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