Lines On Palms


Drop-D tuning DADGBE VERSE: Eb5 Eb5 sometimes I know I become Eb5 Eb5 Absus2 Absus2 all that's weak in a man and weak in a boy but `Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb I keep trying and I won't quit and `Fm `Eb 'C# 'Ab/C Bb Bb that must be worth some-thing more than a (-2/4 bar-) Bb Bb Bb Ab5 Absus2 strong man who be-lieves that there's nothing left to try for and `Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb I can be cold I know I know but a `Fm `Eb `C# `Ab/C woman is a warm breath on the back of your Bb Bb Eb5 Eb5 neck and a warm belly pressed against yours__ and oh-hoh- CHORUS: Ab Eb Bb7sus4 Ab hoh-oh we need to feel the sum of all our parts are Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7 more than what's laid out in lines upon our palms al- Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7 Ab Ab though our hands are tied we move as though they are___ and VERSE: Eb5 Eb5 there's one house in ev-er-y town that Eb5 Eb5 Absus2 Absus2(6) ev-er-y-one fears and ev'ryone steers clear and `Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb I don't wanna live like that I `Fm `Eb `C# `Ab/C Bb Bb wanna live somewhere more like you by the Bb Bb Bb Ab5 Absus2 sea where the cliffs keep sentry watching over me and `Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb it can get rough out there I know but a `Fm `Eb `C# `Ab/C woman is a sail that re-mains un-furled so stay a- Bb Bb Eb5 Eb5 head of the wind man or you won't catch her and oh-hoh- CHORUS-LONG: Ab Eb Bb7sus4 Ab hoh-oh we need to feel the sum of all our parts are Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7 more than what's laid out in lines upon our palms al- Ab Eb Bb7sus4 F7 Ab Ab though our hands are tied we move as though they are un-til we're bound by F F Eb5 Eb5 branching out VERSE-SHORT: Eb5 Eb5 sometimes I know where I am and Eb5 Eb5 Absus2 Absus2(6) what I'm doing and what things might be-come but `Ab `Eb/G `Fm `Eb that always seems such a fleeting state for the re- `Fm `Eb `C# `Ab/C mainder of the time I feel that I am a Bb Bb babe in the woods out for deliverance and CODA: Ab Ab I can be cold I know I know but a F F woman is a warm breath on the back of your Ab `Bb* `Bb7 Eb neck and a warm belly pressed a-gainst yours__