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Sweet Lament by Lauren O'Connell
Sweet Lament
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
C Em G F
C Em G G G7 G7
C Em G F
Do you ever shake, noticing that you are still
C Em G F
Awake, that everything around you is
C Em G F
Real, I'm really this old, this is how I look and
C Em G F
Feel, where'd time go and who am I?
C Em G G G7 G7
C Em G F
But even so, I've tendencies I can't seem to
C Em G F
Outgrow, like this overwhelming fear of the dark
C Em G F
Planning conversations I won't
C Em G F
Start, I'm terrified of what might be.
C Em G G G7 G7
CHORUS
Am G F G
And with one lamenting yell, we all retreat within ourselves
Am G C G
And we say "Oh well, we tried"
F C
Could have tried a little harder
F G
Should have been a little smarter
Am G
But if God don't have a plan, neither do I.
C Em G F
C Em G G G7 G7
We try so hard
To make up for all the things we aren't
Like the way I yell at the TV
Every night while watching Jeopardy
Though I won't make a single dime.
CHORUS
So with one lamenting yell
We all retreat within ourselves
And we say "My God, how we tried"
But God is but a man
With a martini in is hand
If these stars don't hold my fate
Neither do I.
BRIDGE
Am G
Hearts afire aren't happier
F G
No, hearts afire aren't happier
Am G C G
They all fizzle out fast in the end
F C
Racing minds aren't happier
F G
No, racing minds aren't happier
Am C G G G7 G7
'Cos they're all dead last in the end.
CHORUS
So with one lamenting yell
We retreat within ourselves
And we say "My God, how we tried"
But God is but a man
With a martini in his hand
If love gets to be blind
Then so do I.
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