Chords for Mark Heard - 6 - Growing Up Blind - Victims Of The Age (1982)

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_ The _ [E] _ _ sun [F#m] goes _ _ [D] down and _ [A] so does town.
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[F#m] Life's like a high band of human [D] debris. _ _
The _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#m] gaze is the guide, [A] these half a million _ eyes.
_ [F#m] _ _ Can't [C#m] seem to make them want to [E] see. _
_ _ Growing [F#] up, _ _ _
_ _ [E] growing [A] up _ _ blind.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ Hearts [E] in the darkness till [D] end time. _
_ _ Growing [F#m] up blind, _ _ _ [A] growing up blind. _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] How does it feel [D] to be growing [A] up blind?
Growing up blind. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ The images [F#m] _ form [A] like a gathering storm.
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_ And ruin [F#m] rains down on unfortunate [D] _ souls.
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[E] _ In the haste [F#m] of the day, [A] in the heat of the day. _ _
[F#m] _ _ Cast [C#m] our eyes on things [E] more pleasant to _ behold.
Growing [F#m] up _ blind, _ _ [C#m] growing [A] up blind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ Hearts [E] in the darkness till [D] end time.
_ _ _ _ Growing [F#m] up blind, _ _ _ _ [E] growing [A] up blind. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] How does it feel to [D] be growing [A] up blind? _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ So we [F#m] _ _ forsake [D] this _ [A] _
pestering waste.
_ _ [E] _ _ And all [F#m] of the wounds that we've [D] seen. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ In the [F#m] name of the one _ [D] who's tested what [A] we've done.
_ [F#m] _ _ Turn [C#m] our backs on him and [E] leave it at least to be.
_ [F#m] Growing up, _ _ _ _ growing [A] up. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ How [E] does it feel [D] to be growing [A] up blind? _
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_ [D] _ Growing [A] up blind.
Growing up _ _ _ _ _ blind.
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_ _ [D] Growing [A] up blind. _ _
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_ [D] _ Growing [A] up blind. _
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_ [E] _ Growing [A] _ _ _ _
up blind.
_ _ _ _ Growing up [D] blind.
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