A Welcome Vacation
By Julia Nunes
Standard tuning, Capo 5.
Chords used:
-in relation to capo
F--> 133211 (bar across 1st fret)
A7--> x02x2x
A#7--> 113x3x
A#m7--> 113x2x
Dm--> xxx231
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F
It's close to home by blood or block
A7
I hate the bed, and I hate the dock
A#7
This loss of life is killing me
A#m7
Effecting unexpectedly
F
But what's one more yeah let me go
A7
Let me suffer nice and slow
A#7
The pack is watching patiently
A#m7
Stand in line to wait and see
F A7
But that's the problem seeing it coming
Dm A#m7
Does nothing till it comes
F A7
We're deaf until the heavens
Dm A#m7
Are beating the drums
F A7 Dm
But it's too late, too late, and I don't know when it turned into
F A7 Dm
Fate, unavoidable so I better get prepared
F A7 Dm A#m7
It's too late, but i'll take ignorance over being so scared
(then pick A#m7 chord)
*tempo change*
F F A#7 A#m7
F F A#7
I'm not coming out of this box
A#m7 F
Till everyone's forgotten me
F A#7 A#m7
This ought to be a welcome vacation
F F A#7
I'm not coming out of this box
A#m7 F
Till everyone's forgotten me
F A#7 A#m7
My thoughts will be secluded elation
*back to original tempo*
F A7 A#7 A#m7
F A7
I'm starting to loose track of who's alive and who has passed
A#7 A#m7
On and on and on, and who is here and who is gone
F A7 Dm A#m7
That's the problem seeing it coming, does nothing till it comes
F A7 Dm A#m7
We're deaf until the heavens are beating the drums
F (once)
But it's too late.