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VERSE 1:
D Asus4 A D
Scared of losing all the time
Asus4 A D
He wrote it in a letter
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
He was a friend of mine
D Asus4 A D
He heard you could see your future
Asus4 A D
Inside a glass of water
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The ripples and the rhymes
[A] [G] [A] several xxxxxx
And he asked 'Will I see heaven in mine '
D - Asus4 - A
D - Asus4 - A
VERSE 2:
D Asus4 A D
Oh that is just the way it was
Asus4 A D
Nothing could be better
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
and nothing ever was
D Asus4 A D
Oh they say you can see your future
Asus4 A D
inside a glass of water
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The riddles and the rhymes
G A
Will I see heaven in mine
A (several strums)
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 1:
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Son don't ask
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Cling to the mast
D F#m Bm G Asus4 G
Spend your whole life living in your past
A (several strums)
Going nowhere fast
D - Asus4 - A
D - Asus4 - A
D - Asus4 - A
D - Asus4 - A
VERSE 3:
D Asus4 A D
So he wrote it on a wall
Asus4 A D Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The hollow-est of halos is no halo at all
D Asus4 A D
Televisions selling plastic
Asus4 A D Asus4 A D Asus4 A
Figurines of leaders saying nothing at all
G
And we chimed stars in heaven align
A (several strums)
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 2:
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Son don't ask
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Cling to the mast
D F#m Bm G Asus4 G
Spend your whole life living in your past
A (several strums)
Going nowhere fast
BRIDGE:
G - Asus4 - D - Bm - G - Asus4 - A
D - F#m - Bm - G - D
D - F#m - Bm - G - D
D - F#m - Bm - G - D
D - F#m - Bm - G - D (fade on D)
OUTRO:
D A
And what are we drinking when we're done
G D
Glasses of water