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She Stayed As Steam by Kevin Devine
She Stayed As Steam
This song is in standard tuning in the demo, and tuned a half step down when
played live. (pretty accurate, definitely not perfect)
(All the chords in this section are palm muted power chords)
F C
all that music in your mouth
G Am
rivers rushing at your teeth
Bb F
cresting waves through wading valleys
Bb F
flooded language tributaries
Bb F C/G
connect and cover over me
F C
tensing jaw & cork screw eyelids
G Am
as if you couldn't bare to see
Bb F
all that water pouring from you
Bb F
collecting clouds inside the ballroom
Bb F C/G Bb
over people who don't know you
but darling i do
On 'do', begin this riff:
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(Return to palm-muted power chords)
F C
you trance yourself back towards the city
G Am
blood not moving to your feet
Bb F
your foot falls tentative and muffled
Bb F
automatic listless shuffle
Bb F C/G
your sidewalk scatter brain, cry uncle
F C
you paint yourself back in your corner
G Am
and look for her on your t.v.
Bb F
it's friday night and i am hungry
Bb F
for a hand, a mouth, a body
Bb F C/G Bb
a love i wouldn't have to carry
(For the next section, either play the riff or the chords below)
..Mouth ..now ..canal ..town
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|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
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F/Bb
a stitch in my mouth
Dm
and i'm untying now
F/Bb
a concrete canal
Dm G A
in a bomb border town
(return to palm muted power chords again)
Bb Am
an echo in the rafters
Dm G
reminding you there was a sound
(D)|-7-----5---3-| Dm
but you killed her in waves
C F C
she stayed a steam to hiss at you now
(Stop palm muting here)
G Gadd9 Am Bb F Am Bb F Am Bb F C/G C7
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|-5555555577777777888883---33333000111110--333330001111333333333333-|
|-333333335555555566666--3-11111---------3111111-------11113333-----|
Bb F
he killed her in waves
Am Dm
but that's not today
(back to palm muting again)
Dm
so you breathe through your mouth
Bb
try to calm yourself down
F
and keep what you found
A
and shout it out loud
(And stop palm muting again)
Dm
she can hover and hurt
Bb
or dissolve to dirt
F A
some prayer in you mouth
G
and she might stay a steam
C
so get to the beams
F A
let you figure her out
G, Dm, Bb, F, Bb, F, Bb, C/G, C7, F
All that music in your mouth
rivers rushing at your teeth
cresting waves through wading valleys
flooded language tributaries
collect and cover over me
tensing jaw and cork screw eyelids
as if you couldn't bare to see
all that water pouring from you
collecting clouds inside the ballroom
over people who don't know you
but darling i do
you trance yourself back from the city
blood not moving to your feet
your foot falls tentative and muffled
automatic listless shuffle
your sidewalk scatter brain cry uncle
you paint yourself back in your corner
and look for her on your tv
it's friday night and i am hungry
for a hand, a mouth, a body
a love i wouldn't have to carry
a stitch in my mouth
and i'm untying now
a concrete canal
in a bomb border town
an echo in the rafters
reminding you there was a sound
but you killed her in waves
so she stayed as steam
to hiss at you now
you killed her in waves
but that's not today
so you breathe through your mouth
try to calm yourself down
and keep what you found
and shout it out loud
she can hover and hurt
or dissolve to dirt
some prayer in your mouth
or she might stay as steam
so get to the beams
to figure her out
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