[Chords relative to Capo 1]
G6 3xx430
Em/G 3xx45x
A6 5xx56x
Gadd9 3xx435
G 3xx403
Cmaj9 x3x430
Cm x3x543
Dsus2/A x00230
Gmaj7 3x443x
Cmaj7 8x998x
D6 10-x-12-11-12-x
Bm/F# 2x0430
Bm x2x430
[Intro]
G6 Em/G A6
G6 Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G
Cmaj9 Cmaj9 Cm G6
[Verse 1]
Em/G A6 Em/G G6
Pages of poison oak
Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G
Ordered numerical
Cmaj9
Opaque unless
Cm
Opened and read
G6 Em/G A6 Em/G G6
In context of
G6 Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G
Whatever I've become
Cmaj9
What life held
Cm
On a bookshelf
Dsus2/A
And
[Verse 2]
Gmaj7
And every book on that shelf
Cmaj7
Is a tale my life will tell
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 D6
All I know is it starts and it ends
Gmaj7
And every step that I take
Cmaj7
Is a footprint on display
Gmaj7
That just can't be erased
Cmaj7 D6 Cm
And I can't make sense of it
[Verse 3]
G6
Turn the page
Bm/F# Bm Cmaj9
And watch me walk away
G6
On a paper trail
Bm/F# Bm Cmaj9
From where everything stays
G6
The same
[Instrumental break]
G6 Cmaj9 x25
At the 12th start adding Cm after every second Cmaj9
[Outro]
G6
Worn to the spine I take
Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G
Measure to illustrate
Cmaj9
How wide my view
Cm
May it relate to you
G6
In sequence of
Cmaj9 Cmaj9
What we've become