Tapestry Chords by Don Mclean

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[G] _ _ Every thread of [Em] creation _ is held in [Am] _ position _
[C] by still other strands [C#] of [D] things living _ [G] in
_ _ an earthly tapestry [Em] hung from the skyline of [Am] smoldering cities _ [C] _
so grey and so vulgar
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as not to be _ satisfied [Em] with their own negativity _ [A] but _ [Am] [C] needing to touch [G] all the living [D] as [G] well
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_ every breeze that [Em] blows kindly is one [A] crystal breath [C] we exhale on the blue [C#] diamond [D] heaven _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ as gentle to touch as the [Em] hands of the healer _
_ [Am] _ as soft as _ [C] farewells whispered over the coffin
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we're poisoned by venom [Em] with each breath we take _ _ [Am] _ from the brown sulfur [C] chimney
_ and [D] the black highway [G] _ _ snake _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
every dawn that breaks [Em] golden _ is held in [Am] suspension
_ [C] like the yolk of the [G] egg in albumen [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ where the birth and the death of [Em] unseen generations _
[Am] _ are _ interdependent [C] in vast [Em] orchestration _ [G] and _ painted in [Em] colors of tapestry thread _
[Am] when the dying [C] are born _ _ and [D] the living _ are [G] _ dead _ _ _
and _ _ _ _ every pulse of your [Em] heartbeat _ is one [Am] liquid moment that [C] flows through the veins [C#] of your [D] being
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_ like a river of life [Em] flowing on since creation _ _ [Am] _
_ approaching the sea with [C] each new generation
_ _ [G] _ you're now just a stagnant [Em] and rancid disgrace _ [A] that is [C] rapidly drowning the [D] whole human [G] _ _
race
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_ every fish that swims [Em] silent _ every bird that [Am] flies freely _ _ [C] every [C#] doe that [G] steps [D] softly
_ _ [G] _ _ _ every crisp leaf that falls all [Em] the flowers that grow _ _ [Am] _ _ on this colorful [C] tapestry somehow they know
[Em] _ _ _ [G] that if man is allowed to [Em] destroy all we need _ [Am] he will [C] soon have to pay with [D] his life _ _ _ _ _ [G] for his _ greed
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