Sam Crosby - Close To Throats
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste:
2nd traste
Close to throats
A
Little skippers.
F#m
Hopping flippers.
E D
Flutter butters under there
A F#m D
where fingertips caress the finest feather hairs.
A
Twitching mouthparts
F#m
flicking eye
E D
scorching rashes on the neck and up
A F#m D
until the world is fire and mud and quiver buds.
E
Out affections, we diced
A F#m
The first grains started falling.
E D
Here in this moment. Oh.
A F#m D
Tip-toe spinning floor is lava.
A F#m D
Real, raw and open.
E
Out affections, we diced,
E
Out affections, we diced,
A E F#m D
chopped and patted down into a tipping hour glass.
E
Our tattooed skins of daytime TV slide away
D A
and I’m naked and you’re naked.
D A
Truly naked.
E
And we
take deeps breaths.
Sing out notes.
[pause]
A F#m E D
Dignity barks us wide awake, growls at the circling vultures oh
A F#m
self doubt, self loathing.
E D
There’s rain on the sill and oh they will come in.
A
Is it ancient
F#m
This feeling?
E D
Or did our forebears know where to put
A F#m D
the bubbling burping burning? yeah yeah
A
Homo sapiens
F#m
doing what’s natural.
E D
Campfire close.
A F#m D
Scratching out cave walls,
E
not caring that the ancestors would stop to read the dust.
D A
I suspect they did.
D F#m E
I suspect we will.
E
Out affections, we diced,
E
Out affections, we diced,
A E F#m D
chopped and patted down into a tipping hour glass.
A E F#m D
chopped and patted down into a tipping hour glass.
A E F#m D
chopped and patted down into a tipping hour glass.
A F#m E A
How to play Sam Crosby - Close To Throats
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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