Chords for Rodney Crowell - My Past Is Present

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_ _ _ _ My fastest breathing in an hourglass drip.
_ My head [A] is spinning and [Dm] I can't get my breath.
_ [G] I'm drinking doubles, just [Bb] one thing on my [C] mind.
_ [G] I'm glad to see her, but I wish I was blind.
_ [G] She makes her entrance and she looks like a dream.
My fingers tremble, but I can't feel a thing.
_ My knees are shaking, I [Bb] don't think I can [C] stand.
_ [G] Don't talk about running, boys, I don't think I can.
_ I said it's over and I thought it was true.
My discomposure makes [D] me feel like a fool. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] My past is present with some stranger in tow.
_ Why she looks happy, boys, I don't wanna [F] know.
_ So much confusion makes [Bb] me feel like a [C] clown.
[G] My past is present and it's bringing me down.
_ [C] I told my friends that I was really okay.
_ Then she walks in with [D] him and blows me _ away. _ _ _ _ _
[G] All conversation [D] has just come too heavy. _
[D] This situation's really doing me in.
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_ _ _ _ [G] My past is present and it throws me a curve.
I want to tell her, but I don't have the nerve.
_ I used to hold her in the palm of [C] my hand.
[G] My past is present, I just don't understand.
_ [C] _ Somebody help me just to hold back the years.
My past is present [D] and there's gonna be tears.
[C] I tried to tell myself it's all a mistake.
My past is present [D] and it's all I can take. _ _ _
_ _ Well, _ _ my [F] past is present.
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