Chords for Jackson Browne - Before the Deluge

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Summer [C] _ and the [G] fools _ who [Em] were making plans [C] and thinking of the [G] future. _ _ _ _ _ _
With the energy of the innocent, _ [C] they were gathering [G] the dew. _ _
[Em] They would need to make [C] their journey back [G] to nature. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] While the sand slipped [G] through the open rain, [C] and their hands reached for [G] the golden rain. _
And [Em] their hearts being turned [C] to each other's heart's [D] growth.
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_ [Em] troubled _ years [C] that came _ [G] before the debut. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Summer and pleasure, _ [C] _ summer [G] and pain.
[Em] That for some of them [C] it was only a moment [G] that mattered. _ _ _ _
From the blade and grainy wings of youth, [C] they went flying around the [G] terrain. _
[Em] And their feathers would [C] soar high, who [G] told them tattered. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] In the end they traded [G] their tired ways [C] for the _ resignation [G] that the name brings.
[Em] An exchange looks bright [C] and fragile, but [D] for the glitter of the hands. _ _
[Em] And in a moment they were [C] smiled before [G] the day.
_ _ While the music keep our spirits _ [C] high. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ Let the buildings keep our children dry.
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Let [G] _ _ creation be [D] reduced _
[G] by a fire.
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Let the light that's lost in it's regions discard.
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_ _ Summer and rain, _ _ [C] I knew when it was [G] due. _ _
I [Em] remember [C] how to forge a [G] billion pounds. _ _ _ _ _ _
And the struggle to protect it from the cold.
[C] Only to be [G] confused _ by [Em] the magnitude of her [C] fury.
And the final [G] hour. _ _ _ _ _
When [Em] the saddest of times [G] arrived.
And [C] the naked dawn [G] refused to die.
[Em] And in an attempt to [C] understand it then.
[D] So simple and so here. _ _
[Em] Believe that they were meant to live.
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[G] After the debut.
_ _ While the music keep our spirits _ [C] high.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ Let the [G] buildings keep our children [C] dry. _ _ _
[G] _ Let creation be [D] reduced _ by a [G] fire.
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[G] _ Let the light [C] that's lost in _ [G]
it's regions discard.
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While the music keep our spirits high. _
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Let the buildings [G] keep our children _ [C] dry.
_ _ [G] _ Let creation [D] be reduced by [G] a fire.
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_ _ [G] _ _ When _ _ _ _ the light that's [C] lost in [Em] it's regions discard.
When the [G] light that's lost in it's _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ regions [G] discard. _ _
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