Steady On Chords by Shawn Colvin

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A]
It's [Em] shining, _ it's gold, [A] _
[D] it will never [A] be the [Em] same.
[F#m] Boats on the ocean, [Dm] find [A] a way.
_ [F#m] I am [A] weaving _ the trunk through [E] [D] the blood of [E] an heir.
[F#m] I'm needing a [D] bunker, someone [A] to point me [E] somewhere.
_ [C#m] I'm gonna keep my head on straight, I'm staying.
_ I just need some [E] to [A] lay [D] _ [A]
[E] in.
[C#m] Oh, I'm getting up to sleep, [A] I'm sleeping.
[E] _ [C#m] I'll stay [D] up.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm [D] getting [A] up _ _ _ _ [D] to sleep, _
[F#m] _ I'm sleeping.
I'll stay up.
[E] _ [A] _ I _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] was feeling, _ _ _ floating.
I wouldn't [D] smile, I [A] wouldn't hide.
[F#m] Then things exploded, [A] like rockets in the dark.
Now I'm folding, _ _ outspending.
[C#m] I'm off [D] the high road [C#m] somewhere,
Or [F#m] the nuclear [E] ruins [D] of another [A] love affair.
[E] _ [C#m] Does he seem [F#m] like a [E] miracle?
[F#m] Let's see.
[E] I [C#m] ate it [F#m] like a [E] cereal, [F#m] [D] but [A] _ [E] it [C#m] was something [E] like shrapnel.
I'm [C#m] staying, staying [E] up.
_ [C#m]
Staying [A] _ _ _ up. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ Staying _ [D] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] up. [E] Oh, [A] _ [D] _ hey. _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] I'm lying, I'm _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [F#m] lying, _ I'm lying.
_ [A] I'm on the _ side _ _ [D] _ of a _ building, so I'm _ [E] [A] lying.
I'm [E] getting up _ [A] [D] to [F#m] [E] sleep, it's like another true love affair.
[C#m] I'm staying [E] up, [C#m] on a South Dakota [E] wheat train.
[A] _ [D] _ [A] _ [E] _ In the middle of a hard rain, [F#m] I'm staying.
[E] A slow boat, or a fast [A] train.
[D] I'm staying, [A] _ [E] _ [C#m] I'm [E] gonna _ [F#m] keep my [E] head on straight.
[F#m] I'm gonna keep my [D] head [A] on, staying. _ _ _
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[E] Staying up.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ Staying up.
[D] Hey, hey.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Staying up.
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_ [D] Staying up.
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