Great Grandpa

Dark Green Water

Great Grandpa


Tom: Cm

Eb Ab Cm C Gm G


[Verse]
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All things fade into dark green water down by the lake
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Mistakes were made and that's the heart of this pain
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But I'll rejoice, I won't give €…anything
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But forgiveness once you have the courage to explain

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I learned this phrase from my father
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He said "no perfection can ever bring joy"
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Or, "there's none without it"
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Like a life that has a start but no end

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All aspiring comes with equal consequence, like some things we abuse and the joys they prevent
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And I'll numb or stall all fall and pretend that dark water will cloak all our deepest intent

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I said, you got this heart from your Mother
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She bears all our suffering through the longest of years, too long lately,
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Like a life that has a start but no end


I fear flawless life in a pure sense. Hold on best I can to a place where:

 Ab                Cm            Eb                 Ab
All things fade into dark green water down by the lake
  Cm                Eb                 Ab         Cm
Mistakes were made and that's the heart of this pain
   Eb      Ab
But I'll reflect
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I won't ask anything but forgiveness once I have the courage to explain