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Winter Solstice by mewithoutYou
Winter Solstice
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Key: E
F#m E
Winter solstice, the earth open wide
F#m
with a heart crushed like footsteps in snow
E
(((fictitious persons disclaimers implied
F#m
to all listening from rooftops below)))
E
it had rained and the air was like perfume outside
A G#m C#m
as the sky changed
F#m E
we began when the ground was still dry
F#m
planting vineyards where vineyards don’t grow
E
shaping cypress with pitch on both sides
F#m
for the nights when our trumpets won’t blow
E
that regret still there circling like vultures inside
A G#m C#m
as your face changed?
E
They don’t stay inside.
(there but for Thy grace go I...)
A C#m F#m
through the eyes of machines we viewed immaculate scenes
C#m
that had already passed me by
A C#m F#m
all the stars on the ground, Noah’s ark in the clouds
C#m
set sail in the flood of my mind,
A C#m F#m
the other animals drowned in blasphemous towns
C#m
and asked as they passed me by
A C#m F#m C#m
“was to do as I please a European disease?”
F#m E
Winter solstice, the earth open wide
F#m
with a mouth closed and face carved like stone
E
dressed the dawn in the air drawn designs
F#m
as the sounds rose in waveforms unknown
E
and you smile but your vampire complexion still shows
A G#m C#m
so the past goes.
F#m E
August 3rd, all the earth had closed down,
F#m
so with breastplates of righteousness low
E
searched for streams in the caves underground
F#m
where the Baptists and bootleggers go
E
when the sun hits Deer Flat your reflection still shows
A G#m C#m
and your past shows.
E
It’s really all that shows
(so often unrecognizably so)
A C#m F#m
We gave up on our dreams for those projected on screens
C#m
that had already passed me by
A C#m F#m
with further suffering found in our insufferable sounds
C#m
and the thought in the back of my mind:
A C#m F#m
“does my misery feed a metaphysical need
C#m
that’s long since passed me by,
A C#m
neither reasoning why
F#m C#m
nor offering reply?”
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
Am G
Winter solstice, the earth open wide
Am
with a heart crushed like footsteps in snow
G
(((fictitious persons disclaimers implied
Am
to all listening from rooftops below)))
G
it had rained and the air was like perfume outside
C G6 Em
as the sky changed
[Verse 2]
Am G
we began when the ground was still dry
Am
planting vineyards where vineyards don’t grow
G
shaping cypress with pitch on both sides
Am
for the nights when our trumpets won’t blow
G
that regret still there circling like vultures inside
C G6 Em
as your face changed?
[pre-chorus]
G
They don’t stay inside.
(there but for Thy grace go I...)
[Chorus 1]
C G6 Am
through the eyes of machines we viewed immaculate scenes
Em
that had already passed me by
C G6 Am
all the stars on the ground, Noah’s ark in the clouds
Em
set sail in the flood of my mind,
C G6 Am
the other animals drowned in blasphemous towns
Em
and asked as they passed me by
C G6 Am Em
“was to do as I please a European disease?”
[Verse 3]
Am G
Winter solstice, the earth had closed down
Am
So with breastplates of righteousness low
G
Searched for streams in the caves underground
Am
Where the Baptists and bootleggers go
G
And you smile but your vampire complexion still shows
C G6 Em
And your past shows
[pre-chorus]
G
It’s really all that shows
(so often unrecognizably so)
[Chorus 2]
C G6 Am
Through the eyes of machines immaculate scenes
Em
That had already passed me by
C G6 Am
All the stars on the ground, Noah’s ark in the clouds
Em
But the thought in the back of my mind:
C G6 Am
“does my misery feed a metaphysical need
Em
That’s long since passed me by
C G6
Neither reasoning why
Am Em G
Nor offering reply?”
[Bridge]
Em G6
Em G6
(Neither reasoning why
Em G6 Em
Nor offering reply)
[Outro]
C G6
Dear my newlywed wife
Am
You’re not the love of my life
Em
It had already passed me by---
C G6
Finally grasping the line
Am
Casting pearls before swine?
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