Chords for Future Islands - A Song For Our Grandfathers

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[Ab] _ _ [Eb] I'm _ _ _ [Bb] _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] tired in a low place _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ surrounded by what [Bb] I've made. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Need to get away, [Bb]
get away from what belays and what was [Eb] done.
_ _ Cause it's [Bb] all over _ now, _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ through the woods.
[Bb] I can't run to sleep, and call my [Eb] name.
_ _ In the light there's [Bb] not a trace. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ I hear the ghosts whisper, [Bb]
and those old eyes are watching me.
But I [Eb] feel safe, _ _ grandfather looking [Bb] over me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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He [Bb] said, _ _ _ don't make [Ab] a way, _ _ [Eb] _ gotta go along [Bb] the way. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Let's be brave, _ [Eb] _ and we can [Bb] win.
_ Lord, _ and we can _ [Ab] win.
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[Ab] _ _ Sat [Eb] down _ _ [Bb]
with the coffee on my bed sheet.
Looking [Ab] out _ at [Eb] the moon, and [Bb] looking back at me. _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ It used [Eb] to be green crops, [Bb]
and high in the summer breeze. _
[Ab] I would swallow feet, [Bb] and lick up the berries. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ He [Eb] said that if I stand, [Bb]
the abyss would step back at me.
And so it [Ab] did, _ _ [Eb] and I felt it slowly [Bb] creeping me. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ Safe on the stall, [Bb]
it danced when I took a track. _
[Eb] It made me think about the way [Bb] it all came to be.
_ _ Grandmama watching [Ab] over me.
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She [Bb] said, _ _ _ don't make [Ab] a way, _ _ _ gotta [Cm] go along [Bb] the way. _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Let's [Ab] be brave, _ [Eb] _ show them the [Bb] way.
_ _ _ Lord, and we can win.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ Don't make a way, [Ab] no, no, no, no.
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] Don't make a [Ab] way.
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[Eb] _ _ I hear the ghost whisper, and those old eyes [Bb] are watching me.
But I [Eb] feel safe, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [Eb] feel safe. _ _ _ _ _
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