Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon Chords
Tempo:
102 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
A
B
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
E
D
A
B
F#m
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D
A
[D] There are times that walk [C#] from you, [E] like [A] [B] some [A] passing [D] afternoon.
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[F#m] [A] [E] Summer warmed the open window [D] of her [E] honeymoon, .
[D] And she chose a yard [E] to burn, [A] but [B] the ground [A] remembers [D] her.
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[A] [B] [E] Wooden spoons her children stir, [D] [F#m] [E] bougainvillea blooms.
[D] There are things that drift [E] away, .
[B] [A] like [B] our [A] endless numbered [D] days.
[A] [B] [A] Autumn blew [E] the quilt [B] right off [D] the perfect bed she [E] made,.
[D] And she's chosen [F#m] to [E] believe [A] in the [B] [A] hymns her mother [D] sings.
[A] [B] [A] Sunday [E] causes children from [D] their piles of [F#m] fallen [E] leaves.
[D] There are sailing ships [E] that pass, [A] all our bodies in [D] the grass.
[A] Springtime [E] calls her children, till [D] she lets some go [E] at last.
[D] And she's chosen where [E] to be, [A] though she's lost her [C#m] wedding [D] ring.
[A] Somewhere near [E] her misplaced jar [D] of [E] bougainvillea seeds.
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There [D] are things we can't [E] recall, [A] blind as night finds [D] us all.
[A] Winter [E] tugs her children in [D] her fragile china [E] .
dolls.
[D] But my hands remember [E] her, [A] rolling round the shade [D] of her.
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[A] Naked [E] arms are secrets still, [D] like songs I never [E] learned.
[D] There are names across [E] the sea, [A] only now I do [D] believe.
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[A] Sometimes we hear [E] the windows close, [D] she'll sit and think [E] of [A] me.
[E] [D] Wash them in this tattered [E] clothes, [A] and they'll kiss us if they [D] know.
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[A] Baby sleeps [E] in all our bones, [D] so scared to be [E] alone.
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[F#m] [A] [E] Summer warmed the open window [D] of her [E] honeymoon, .
[D] And she chose a yard [E] to burn, [A] but [B] the ground [A] remembers [D] her.
.
[A] [B] [E] Wooden spoons her children stir, [D] [F#m] [E] bougainvillea blooms.
[D] There are things that drift [E] away, .
[B] [A] like [B] our [A] endless numbered [D] days.
[A] [B] [A] Autumn blew [E] the quilt [B] right off [D] the perfect bed she [E] made,.
[D] And she's chosen [F#m] to [E] believe [A] in the [B] [A] hymns her mother [D] sings.
[A] [B] [A] Sunday [E] causes children from [D] their piles of [F#m] fallen [E] leaves.
[D] There are sailing ships [E] that pass, [A] all our bodies in [D] the grass.
[A] Springtime [E] calls her children, till [D] she lets some go [E] at last.
[D] And she's chosen where [E] to be, [A] though she's lost her [C#m] wedding [D] ring.
[A] Somewhere near [E] her misplaced jar [D] of [E] bougainvillea seeds.
.
There [D] are things we can't [E] recall, [A] blind as night finds [D] us all.
[A] Winter [E] tugs her children in [D] her fragile china [E] .
dolls.
[D] But my hands remember [E] her, [A] rolling round the shade [D] of her.
.
[A] Naked [E] arms are secrets still, [D] like songs I never [E] learned.
[D] There are names across [E] the sea, [A] only now I do [D] believe.
.
[A] Sometimes we hear [E] the windows close, [D] she'll sit and think [E] of [A] me.
[E] [D] Wash them in this tattered [E] clothes, [A] and they'll kiss us if they [D] know.
.
[A] Baby sleeps [E] in all our bones, [D] so scared to be [E] alone.
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