The Past Recedes Chords by John Frusciante

[N] _ _ _ _ [Ab] 1, 2, 3, [G]
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[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
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[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
And then the [A] path [Em] recedes
_ [G] And I [D] won't be [A] involved
_ _ [G] The effort [A] to be free
[Em] _ _ [D] Seemed pointless from [Am] above
_ _ _ _ [G]
You're looking down at [Am] me
_ _ [D] I'd rather stay [Am] below
_ [Em] Than [G] have you staring [A] up at me
[Em] _ _ _ [D] Nowhere I [Am] want to _ go
[B] _ _ _
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This [Ebm] business of [Em] how long we try
[D] To stay alive, [C] _
why?
_ [Eb] Speak me, you first [Em] got to die
So [D] I gave it a try, [C] and what do you [Bm] know?
Time was [Am] so long ago
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] And things come [Am] back, you see
_ To [D] where they [Am] don't belong
And [G] _ every drop of sea
[Em] _ _ _ [D] Is the [Am] old ocean
_ _ [B] _ To _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] the greatest thieves [Em] about anything
[D] And _ everything
[C] _ _ I'm [A] a figure of four
[Em] Young speech, [D] I'm out of reach
Oh, [C] I can't play [G] it safe
But I might [Am] just in case
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_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [B] Oh, _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
this guy's [Gbm] got a [Em] reaching hand
I'm [D] a working man
I [C] _ don't [Am] understand why
[Ebm] Clock out, [Em] jumps for scope
_ [D] Every time [C] that's one line
I [G] stay right [A] behind _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] That's one line
I [G] stay right [A] behind _
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