Dragonflies Chords by Eddi Reader

[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ A _ _ lost summer's day, a lifetime [Fm]
[Ab] away, [Eb] what do you find? _ _
_ Slow turning sun, and somewhere to [Ab] run, [Eb] or on your _ [Ab] mind?
_ [Eb] Not [Ab] the flash that you saw, that was gone, [Db] in the wink of an _ eye.
_ _ [Eb] As soon as we're here, we disappear, _ [Ab] like dragonflies.
_ _ _ _ That miracle blue, [Fm] could never tell [Ab] you, [Eb] how we came to be.
_ _ _ Each different [Db] kind, [Eb] accidental design, [Ab] before [Eb] you and [Ab] me.
_ And we ask the whole of our _ lives, [Db] well maybe there's more why.
_ _ _ [Eb] As soon as [Db] we're here, [Eb] we [Bbm] disappear, _ [Ab]
like dragonflies.
_ How [Db] can something _ so fragile [Ab] leave us helpless?
_ We all [Eb]
feel helpless, _ _ _ once [Ab] in a while.
_ _ _ _ [Db] How can something _ so fragile [Ab] leave us humble?
_ _ We all [Bb] need humble, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] once in a _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bbm] while.
[Ab] And though nature can [Fm] say, such [Ab] beautiful _ [Eb]
things, did you think of this?
That each of us know, in our hearts [Db] we must [Ab] hope, that's what beauty _ is.
And just as a dream you were meant, _ [Db] dissolved in the morning _ sky.
_ _ [Eb]
As soon as we're [Bbm] [Cm] here, we [G] disappear, [Ab]
like [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ dragonflies. _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ How _ _ [Db]
can something so fragile _ [Ab]
leave us helpless?
_ _ We all [Eb]
feel helpless, _ _ once [Ab] in a while.
_ _ _ How [Db] can something so fragile [Ab] leave us humble?
_ _ We all [Bb] feel _ humble, _ _ once [Eb] in a _ _ while.
_ [Ab] And though nature can say, such beautiful [Eb] things, did you think of this?
_ That each of us know, in our hearts [Db] we must [Eb] [Ab] hope, that's what beauty _ is.
And just as a dream you were meant, dissolved [Db] in the morning sky.
_ _ _ [Eb] As soon as [Db] we're here, [Eb] we [Db] disappear, [Ab] _ like dragonflies.
_ _ _ [Eb] As [Bbm] soon as we're [Eb] here, we [Db] disappear, [Ab] _ like _ dragonflies.
_ [Eb] _ As soon [Bbm] as we're [Eb] here, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Eb] we disappear, [Ab] _ like dragonflies. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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