The Past Recedes Chords by John Frusciante

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[D] And then the past [A] receives [Em] and [G] _
[D] I won't [A] be involved
[Em] the [G] _
[D] effort [Am] to be free
[Em] _ [G] _ [D] Seems pointless [Am] from above
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[D] You're looking [A] down at me
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[D] I'd rather stay [Am] below
[Em] _ _ [G] Have you [D] staring up [A] at me?
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[D] Nowhere I [Am] want to go
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_ [G] It's [Eb] [A] business of how [E]
long we try [D] to stay alive
[C] _ Why?
_ [A] Be here you [Em] first got to die
[D] I gave it a try [C] and what do [G] you know?
Time [Am] was so long ago
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] And [D] things [Am] come back you see
[Em] _ _ [G] [D] Where they [Am] don't belong
_ [Em] _ _ [G] And [D] every [Am] drop of sea
[Em] _ _ [G] _ [D] Is the [Am] ocean
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[A] the greatest he's [Em] about anything _ [D] and everything
_ _ [C] _ _ I'm
[A] Figure of
[Em] _ God's speech.
[D] I'm out of reach.
[C] Oh, I
Can't [G] play it safe, but I [Am] might just in case
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Disguised as [Em] a reaching hand
[D] Working _ man, [C] I _ don't
[Eb] Understand why clock [Em] out comes so slow
[D] _ Every time [C] that's one line.
I [G] stay right
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[C] That's one line [G] I stay right [Am] Behind
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_ _ _ _ [G] Yeah
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