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Two Steps Forward

Emmy The Great
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 (Optional, sometimes she just starts with C)
In  the middle of September we entertained  the thought
of  falling into rabbit holes and  never coming out
in  the garden of a girl who's mum is friends  with Elton John, so she kept
telling  us
 but still
 we slipped a  year or so behind ourselves
 the time's  already gone,
 when people  were just people not the  jobs that they perform
 our songs  were just a thing we did with  melody's and chords
 now you're  available in all good record stores.
 but
 i knew  you best back when love  was just a feeling  that ran out  between my
 legs onto the,  back of my dress
 onto the clothes  that i was wearing
 oh when  i was a child i was expected  to believe
 in  something up above that no one touches  or can see
but  now they tell me that unless you're looking out  of magazines well then
 you don't  exist but i knew that that you were  real before i read it
 in an interview  today before i used  you as a surface - did a line  across your face
 in the toilet  of a girl who's sitting outside  dropping names like they were
carpet  bombs, she knows everyone
but,  i  knew you first back when love  was underneath  you with my fingers  in the dirt,
 you said "i'll  stop if it hurts"
 you said "i'll  stop it if it's scary,"
 you said  "you know that i can stop this  any time,
 if you think that it is  tearing"
 and  i think of you when the leaves  are brown,
 i think of  leaves that i have felt against my body  on the ground
 i think of  places where we could go to  now until they find us 'til they catch
  us, 'til they wake  us and
 we drown until I know  where  i am
 i'm in a garden  of remembering  your fingers in my hand, were like a  book made
 of sand
 and its  the middle of September.
 your image  starts to fade into the one that they have printed on the  27th page
 don't  like to read these things you know i do  it anyway i have no choice
 have no choice i say
 and i go out  into the garden the birds  begin to sing i am troubled  by the
 thought of all the daylight  they will bring
 i think  that i will let somebody take  me home again
 Cause  if i..
 knew you at all
 that my love  was underneath  you making puddles  on the floor
 and that i  sleep to the thought  of
 Some garden  in september  where I've never  been before
 It's slipping,  out  of the door
 two people  walking two  steps forward always  to the lives they've chosen
 clicks  and hums and  sirens and the  sun
 of two  people walking two  steps forward always  to the lives they've  chosen,
 clicks  and hums and sirens  and the  sun
 of  two people walking two  steps forward always  to the lives  we've chosen
 clicks  and hums and silence  and the  sun
C/B = e|---0---|
B|---1---|
G|---0---|
D|---0---|
A|---2---|
E|---x---|
F* = e|---1---|
B|---1---|
G|---0---|
D|---3---|
A|---3---|
E|---x---|
(She plays F as *below* so you just lift your middle finger off for F*)
e|---1---|
B|---1---|
G|---2---|
D|---3---|
A|---3---|
E|---x---|

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Readable chord sheet for Two Steps Forward by Emmy The Great

(Optional, sometimes she just starts with C)
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [C/B] [C] [C] [B]
[F] [G] [C]

[C]In the middle of September we [G]entertained the thought
[Am]of falling into rabbit holes and[F] never coming out
[F]in the garden of a girl who's mum is fr[C]iends with Elton John, so she kept
[G]telling us

but still
we slipped a[C] year or so behind ourselves
the [G]time's already gone,
when [Am]people were just people not the[F] jobs that they perform
our [F]songs were just a thing we did with[C] melody's and chords
now you'r[G]e available in all good record stores.

but  [Dm]

i k[G]new you best back when l[C]ove was just a [C/B]feeling that ran out[Am] between my
legs onto the[F], back of my dr[G]ess
onto the cl[C]othes that i was wearing

oh [C]when i was a child i was [G]expected to believe
in[Am] something up above that no one [F]touches or can see
[F]but now they tell me that unless you're looking o[C]ut of magazines well then
you d[G]on't exist but i knew that that you wer[C]e real before i read it
in an inte[G]rview today before i [Am]used you as a surface - did a li[F]ne across your face
in the [F]toilet of a girl who's sitting out[C]side dropping names like they were
[G]carpet bombs, she knows everyone
[Dm]but, i[G] knew you first back when [C]love was under[C/B]neath you with my [Am]fingers in the dirt,
you said "i'l[F]l stop if it hur[G]ts"
you said "i'[Am]ll stop it if it's scary,"
you sai[F]d "you know that i can stop this[G] any time,
if you think that it i[C]s tearing"
and[Am] i think of you when the lea[F]ves are brown,
i think [C]of leaves that i have felt against my [G]body on the ground
i think [Am]of places where we could go [F]to now until they find us 'til they catch
 us, 'til they wake[G] us and
we drown until I [F]know whe[G]re i am
i'm in a [C]garden[C/B] of rememb[Am]ering your fingers in my hand, were like a[F] book made
of sa[G]nd    [C]
and it[C]s the middle of September.
your i[G]mage starts to fade into the one that they have printed on t[F]he 27th page
d[F]on't like to read these things you know i [C]do it anyway i have no c[G]hoice
have no choice i say
and i go [C]out into the garden the b[G]irds begin to sing i am t[Am]roubled by the
thought of all the [F]daylight they will bring
i [F]think that i will let somebody [C]take me home again[G]
Cause[Dm] if i..
knew you at [G]all
that my l[C]ove was under[C/B]neath you making [Am]puddles on the floor
and that [C]i sleep to the th[G]ought of
Some g[C]arden in se[C/B]ptember where I've [Am]never been before
It's slipp[C]ing, ou[G]t of the door
two [F]people walking [G]two steps forward [C]always to the l[Am]ives [C/B]they've [C]cho[C]se[B]n
c[F]licks and hums an[G]d sirens and the[C] sun
of tw[F]o people walking [G]two steps forward [C]always to the l[Am]ives [C/B]they've[C] c[C]ho[B]sen,
c[F]licks and hums and [G]sirens and the[C] sun
o[F]f two people walking [G]two steps forward a[C]lways to the li[E]ves we've chosen
c[F]licks and hums and s[G]ilence and th[C]e sun

C/B =  e|---0---|
       B|---1---|
       G|---0---|
       D|---0---|
       A|---2---|
       E|---x---|

F* =   e|---1---|
       B|---1---|
       G|---0---|
       D|---3---|
       A|---3---|
       E|---x---|

(She plays F as *below* so you just lift your middle finger off for F*)
       e|---1---|
       B|---1---|
       G|---2---|
       D|---3---|
       A|---3---|
       E|---x---|

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