Chords for Firmament - Original

_ _ _ _ [E] So _ [Em] _
my heart did a [A] backflip I [E] guess that's what they'd say
[G#] I hadn't seen her since high [E] school [C#m] graduation [Bm] I [A] brought my old hopes
_ She brought her fiancé And [G#] we shared some inane _ [C#m]
conversation
_ [Bm] _ Just [A] as beautiful, whoa, just [E] as charming But _ [B]
Lord, what is this [E] new dimension? _ _
[D] She [A] has the dignity [E] of _ a life not for me _ [F#] Plans that I needed [B] a wrench in
_ _ [A] I guess it goes [A#] to show Something a young man [C#m] ought to know
[D] That angels are just [A] people [E] in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
my [A] dark ages
[E] _ _
When I was the earth and my [G#] universe spun out [C#m] around
_ [Bm] They [A] lined the firmament _ _ [E] These angels of mine
[G#] So pretty, but so far [C#m] from the ground
_ [Bm] They're [E] just as beautiful, whoa, just as charming
_ _ But Lord, [B] what is this new dimension? _
[A] They have the dignity _ of a life not for me _ [F#] Plans that I needed [B] a wrench in
_ [A] I guess it goes to show [E] Something a young [A] man ought to [C#m] know
That angels are just people [E] too
_ _ _ _ [Bm] And oh, _ when [A] I smashed out the [E] pedestal [F#m] _
What a pleasant [C#m] _ _ surprise
_ [Bm] To be they all were [A] just half of the [E] world [F#] Only holy through my teenage [B] eyes
They're just [A] as beautiful, whoa, [E] just as charming _ _
But Lord, what is this third dimension?
_ _ _ [A] Inconceivable _ _
[E] That a girl could be more [F#] than a foil For my romantic [B] pretensions _ _
_ [A] I guess it goes [A#m] to show [E] Something a young man ought [C#m] to know
[A] That angels are just people
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] Now I finally [E] know What I should have long [C#m] ago
[D] Thank God, they're [A] just people
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