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Capo 3: eb maps as c
C2 | c2
*** verse 1:
C2 g d g
Shall we agree that just this once
Em d
Im gonna change my life
C2 g d g
Until its just as tiny or
Em f
Important as you like
C2 g d c2
And in time, we wont even recall that we spoke
G d c2
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
Em d g
Like smoke, disappears in the air
C2 em d g
Theres always something smouldering somewhere
*** chorus:
D c2 g
I know it dont make a difference to you
D c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me
Em d c2 g
Youll see me off in the distance, I hope
Am
At the other end
Cd c2
At the other end of the telescope
*** verse 2:
There was a time not long ago c2 g dg
I dreamt that the world was flat em d
And all the colours bled away c2 gd g
And that was that em em (note!)
And in time, I could only believe in one thing c2 gd c2
The sky was just phosphourus stars hung on strings gdc2
And you swore that theyd always be mine em dg
When you can pull them down anytime em dg
*** chorus:
I know it dont make a difference to you d c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me dc2 g
Youll see me off in the distance, I hope em dc2
At the other end am
At the other end of the telescope c d c2
*** bridge:
D c2 g
There, there baby now, dont say a word
D c2 g
Lie down baby, your vision is blurred
Em d c2
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
Em
I dont want to hurt you now
C am c am
But I think youre shrinking (I think youre skrinking)
*** verse 3:
Youre half-naked ambition and c2 g dg
Youre half out of your wits em d
And though your wristwatch always works c2 gdg
Your necktie never fits em f
Now its so hard to pick the receiver up c2 gd
And when I call, I never noticed you could be so small c2 gd
The answer was under your nose em dg
But the question never arose em dg
*** coda:
I know it dont make a difference to you d c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me d c2 g
When you find me here at the end of my rope em dc2
When the head and heart of it finally elope em dc2
You can see us off in the distance, I hope em dc2
At the other end am
At the other end of the telescope cd c2
G
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