Smoke
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[INTRO ]
F7 F9 G Em7 Fm7
F7 F9 G Em7 Fm7
F7 F9 G Em7 Fm7
F7 F9 G
VERSO 1
F7 G Em7 F7
Leaf by leaf and page by page
G Em7 F7
Throw this book away
G Em7 F7
All the sadness all the rage
G Em7 F7
Throw this book away
VERSO 2
F7 G Em7 F7
Rip out the binding and tear the glue
G Em7 F7
All the grief we never even knew
G Em7 F7
We had it all along
F7 G
Now it's ... smoke
F7 F9 G Em7 F7
F7 F9 G Em7 G/F F7
VERSO 3
F7 G Em7 F7
All the things we've written in it
G Em7 F7
Never really happened
G Em7 F7
All the things we've written in it
G Em7 F7
Never really happened
VERSO 4
F7 G Em7 F7
All of the people come and gone
G Em7 F7
Never really lived / And all the people
F7 G Em7 F7
come have gone. No one
F7 G
to forgive... Smoke
F7 F9 G Em7 F7
F7 F9 G Em7 F7 G/F F7
BRIDGE
C C Am7 Am7 Em7-F7
We will not write a new one
C C Am7 Am7
There will not be a new one,
G/F F7
ano - ther one,
G/F F7
ano - ther one
VERSO 5
Here's an evening dark with shame
Throw it on the fire
Here's the time I took the blame
Throw it on the fire
VERSO 6
Here is the time we didn't speak
It seemed, for years and years
and here's the secret
No one will ever know
The reasons for the tears
G F7 G F7 G F7
They are smoke, smoke, smoke
F7
BRIDGE
C C Am7 Am7 Em7-F7
We will not write a new one
C C Am7 Am7
There will not be a new one,
G/F F7
ano - ther one,
G/F F7
ano - ther one
F7 G Em7 F7
F7 G Em7 F7
VERSO 7
Where do all the secrets live
They travel in the air
You can smell them when they burn
They travel
VERSO 8
Those who say the past is not dead
Stop and smell the smoke
You keep saying the past is not dead
Well stop and smell the smoke
You keep on saying the past is not even past
And you keep saying
We are smoke
Smoke
F7
Smoke
How to play Smoke
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F7. 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.