Chords for Jackson Browne & Teresa Williams "My Opening Farewell" Grand Rapids, Michigan 11/16/2015

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_ [A] _ _ _ _ Baby [E] stands before an [B] open _ window, [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] staring so _ _ _ far [B] _ _
_ [A] _ away.
He can almost feel the [Dm] southern winds [A] blow. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] Children touching _ his _ restless days.
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_ He turns from [D] his window _ [A] to meet.
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_ [Bm] Says his [A] _ _ apologies.
_ [E] _ _ Sad _ _ [A] reaching _ [D] for the door. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ Daylight loses to [B] another _ [A] evening. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ Still [A] he spares [B] me the _ [G] words [A] goodbye.
_ He sits alone [B] beside me, frightened as feeling.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Struggles to speak, but [B] in the end [A] can only cry.
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_ Suddenly _ it's [D] so _ hard to [A] _ find.
_ [D] The [C#m] sound of the words to [A] speak is [E] trouble _ blind.
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So I'm [C#m] offering these [A] to him as if [E] to be kind. _ _ _ _
_ [A] There's a train _ _ [B] everyday, _ _ _ leaving [A] either way.
There's a [B] world to know. _ _
_ [A] _ _ There's a [G] way to go.
[A] _ [D] But you're certainly [E]
gone, Mr.
[F#m] _ Desperate.
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_ _ [A] _ [D] _ This is my [A] opening _ farewell.
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ A [B] child's drawing is left there on the table.
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[A] A woman's silk is lying [B] _ _
[A] on [B] the floor.
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I would keep [B] them here if _ I were _ [A] able.
_ _ [D] To _ lock [A] you safe behind this open _ door. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] Suddenly _ [D] it's so clear to [A] _
me.
_ [D] That I [C#m] asked you to see what you [E] might never _ see. _
_ _ [D] _ Now [A] my kind words find their [E] way back to me.
_ _ _ _ [A] There's a train _ [D] everyday, _ _ _ leaving [A] either way.
There's [B] a world to know.
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Got a way to go. _ _
[D] _ I should [C#m] believe it's [F#m] just as well.
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[D] _ This is my opening [A] _
farewell.
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[D] This _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ is my opening [A] _ farewell. _ _ _ _
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