Marrow
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[Verso 1]
F C7
Some people say that it's all just conjecture
F C7
Like trying to synthesise undergrad lectures
A# Am Dm
With the wrought-iron balconies
C
In Greenwich this Spring
F C7
There's a schism, a chasm of language
F C7
Between the taste and the thought of this sandwich
A# Am Dm
Between the thing and the myth I make
C
To feign meaningfulness
[Refrão]
Dm C G
Mountain is and mountain was
Dm C G
I am all of the above
Dm C G
Don't cast aside, dare to cleave
Dm C G
To the marrow of belief
[Verso 2]
F C7
How absurd just to live in this body
F C7
In this town and not south Nagasaki
A# Am Dm
Or anywhere else with a name
C
Unknown to myself
F C7
In Tibet I'd be bowing to Buddha
F C7
At Kachemak Bay, I'd see pods of belugas
A# Am Dm
With light pouring into my eyes
A# C
And no image the same
[Refrão]
Dm C G
Mountain is and mountain was
Dm C G
I am all of the above
Dm C G
Don't cast aside, dare to cleave
Dm C G
To the marrow of belief
[Verso 3]
F C7
Oh, to have a distilled sense of sensing
F C7
Does the banshee get tired of lamenting?
A# Am Dm
Daisies can't become daffodils
A# C
So why should that become this?
F C7
Yet I feel your love carve through the waters
F C7
'Round the landscape of somebody's daughter
A# Am Dm
You call me peninsula
A# C
An island no more
[Refrão]
Dm C G
Mountain is and mountain was
Dm C G
I am all of the above
Dm C G
Don't cast aside, dare to cleave
Dm C G
To the marrow of belief
[Ponte]
G A#
When you go over, I'll go under
G A#
When you go over, I'll go under
G A#
Don't let our vessels be carried asunder
G G
When you go over, when you go over
G A#
When you go over (Go, go), I'll go under (Go, go)
G A#
When you go over (Go, go), I'll go under (Go, go)
G A#
Don't let our vessels (Go, go) be carried asunder (Go, go)
G G
When you go over (Go, go), when you go over (Go, go)
[Refrão]
Dm C G
Mountain is and mountain was
Dm C G
I am all of the above
Dm C G
Don't cast aside, dare to cleave
Dm C G
To the marrow of belief
Dm C G
Mountain is and mountain was
Dm C G
I am all of the above
Dm C G
Don't cast aside, dare to cleave
Dm C G
To the marrow of belief
How to play Marrow
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.