Tom: E
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The old plantation has been abandoned
A E
The love is gone, yeah, the love is gone
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New hieroglyphics braid the columns
A E
Kids on the “M” train baptize the lawns
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Your floating jukebox stuck on "I'll Get You"
A E
So lost at sea, yeah, so lost at sea
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You took the rations, you man the spyglass
A E
So far from Memphis, rivers from me
A E C#m G#m F#m E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky? Neither did I
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The master bedroom, its shutters hanging
A E
It's no museum, it's no museum
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The fields are barren but for a bonfire
A E
A pile of empties in the mausoleum
A E C#m G#m F#m E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky? Neither did I
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God bless the shelter, so bruised and battered
A E
God bless the day, God bless the days
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The old plantation is like a sore now
A E
A home for maggots, but don't turn away
A E C#m G#m F#m
Don't turn away until you try To peel away the sky (x2)
