A Billion Bees

 Artist: Kevin Devine 
 Song: A Billion Bees 
 Album: Put Your Ghost to Rest 
 Tabbed by: Dave Kiss 
  
  
 Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e) 
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 .=PALM MUTE 
 x=MUTE STRING 
 /=SLIDE 
 *=HARMONIC 
 ~=LET RING 
  
 All notes are relative to the capo placement. 
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 i found you grieving in the grass 
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 the sky bled water colored blue 
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 you seemed so simple sure and sad 
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 so i sat down to grieve with you 
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 you raised your hand to shield your eyes 
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 i shifted left to block the sun 
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 you crossed your legs and cleared your throat 
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 i waited for your words to come 
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 but they slept soundly in your chest 
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 they never made it past your tongue 
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 so we sat silently and still 
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 and thought about things we'd done 
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 and all the people that we'd loved 
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 and all the people that we'd wronged 
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 i watched the years flash through your face 
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 and i locked my anger in my lungs 
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 so every breath stung more and more 
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 a wave of whips across my spine 
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 a billion bees trapped in my chest 
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 nails on a chalkboard every time 
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 'til i watched your fingers sneak towards mine 
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 i heard your breath go thin and short 
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 i tucked your hair behind you ears 
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 and i watched your eyes dart back and forth 
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 and i sucked your lip and bit your neck 
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 the trees were shaking at their roots 
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 my angry arms felt cool and calm 
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 and my cotton mouth was well with you 
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 so we lay glowing in the grass 
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 to watch the sun swap with the moon 
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 to trade our future for our past 
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 the present tense was all we knew 
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