Trapeze Swinger
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D-DU-UDU
Please, remember me
Happily
By the rosebush laughing
With bruises on my chin
The time when
We counted every black car passing
Your house beneath the hill
And up until
Someone caught us in the kitchen
With maps, a mountain range
A piggy bank
A vision too removed to mention
Please, remember me
Fondly
I heard from someone you're still pretty
And then they went on to say
That the pearly gates
Had such eloquent graffiti
Like "We'll meet again"
And "Fuck the man"
And "Tell my mother not to worry"
And angels with their great
Handshakes
Were always done in such a hurry
Please, remember me
That Halloween
Making fools of all the neighbors
Our faces painted white
By midnight
We'd forgotten one another
And when the morning came
I was ashamed
Only now it seems so silly
That season left the world
And then returned
And now you're lit up by the city
Please, remember me
Mistakenly
In the window of the tallest tower
Calling passers-by
We're much too high
To see the empty road at happy hour
Gleam and resonate
Just like the gates
Around the holy kingdom
With words like "Lost and found"
And "Don't look down"
And "Someone save Temptation"
Please, remember me
As in the dream
We had as rug-burn babies
Among the fallen trees
We're fast asleep
Beside the lions and the ladies
That called you what you like
And even might
Give a gift for your behavior
A fleeting chance to see
trapeze
Swinger high as any savior
Please, remember me
My misery
And how it lost me all I wanted
Those dogs that love the rain
And chasing trains
The colored birds above their running
In circles around the well
And where it spells
On the wall behind St. Peter
So bright on cinder gray
In spray paint
"Who the hell can see forever?"
Please, remember me
Seldomly
In the car behind the carnival
My hand between your knees
You turned from me
And said, "The trapeze act was wonderful
But never meant to last"
The clowns that passed
Saw me just come up with anger
When it filled with circus dogs
The parking lot
Had an element of danger
Please, remember me
Finally
And all my uphill clawing
My dear, but if I make
The pearly gates
I'll do my best to make a drawing
Of God and Lucifer
A boy and girl
An angel kissing on a sinner
A monkey and a man
A marching band
All around the frightened trapeze swinger
Na, na-na
Na-na
Na-na, na-na
Na-na-na, na-na
Na-na
Na-na-na, na-na
Na-na-na
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Readable chord sheet for Trapeze Swinger by Iron And Wine
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
Happi[F]ly
By the r[C]osebush l[G]aughing
With br[C]uises on my c[G]hin
The time w[F]hen
We counted e[C]very black car p[G]assing
Your h[Am]ouse beneath the h[G]ill
And up unt[F]il
Someone c[C]aught us in the k[G]itchen
With m[Am]aps, a mountain r[G]ange
A piggy b[F]ank
A vision t[C]oo removed to m[G]ention
[And]
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
Fond[F]ly
I heard from s[C]omeone you're still p[G]retty
And t[C]hen they went on to s[G]ay
That the pearly g[F]ates
Had such e[C]loquent g[G]raffiti
Like "W[Am]e'll meet a[G]gain"
And "Fuck the m[F]an"
And "Tell my m[C]other not to w[G]orry"
And a[Am]ngels with their g[G]reat
Handsh[F]akes
Were always d[C]one in such a h[G]urry
[And]
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
That Hallow[F]een
Making f[C]ools of all the n[G]eighbors
Our f[C]aces painted w[G]hite
By midn[F]ight
We'd forg[C]otten one an[G]other
And w[Am]hen the morning c[G]ame
I was as[F]hamed
Only n[C]ow it seems so s[G]illy
That s[Am]eason left the w[G]orld
And then ret[F]urned
And now you're l[C]it up by the c[G]ity
[And]
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
Mistaken[F]ly
In the w[C]indow of the t[G]allest tower
C[C]alling passers-[G]by
We're much too h[F]igh
To see the e[C]mpty road at h[G]appy hour
G[Am]leam and reso[G]nate
Just like the g[F]ates
Around the h[C]oly k[G]ingdom
With w[Am]ords like "Lost and f[G]ound"
And "Don't look d[F]own"
And "Someone s[C]ave Tempt[G]ation"
[And]
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
As in the dr[F]eam
We had as r[C]ug-burn b[G]abies
A[C]mong the fallen t[G]rees
We're fast asl[F]eep
Beside the l[C]ions and the l[G]adies
That c[Am]alled you what you l[G]ike
And even m[F]ight
Give a g[C]ift for your b[G]ehavior
A fl[Am]eeting chance to s[G]ee
[F]
[A] trapeze
Swinger h[C]igh as any s[G]avior
[And]
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
My mise[F]ry
And how it l[C]ost me all I w[G]anted
Those d[C]ogs that love the r[G]ain
And chasing tr[F]ains
The colored b[C]irds above their r[G]unning
In c[Am]ircles around the w[G]ell
And where it sp[F]ells
On the w[C]all behind St. P[G]eter
So b[Am]right on cinder g[G]ray
In spray p[F]aint
"Who the h[C]ell can see f[G]orever?"
[And]
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
Seldom[F]ly
In the c[C]ar behind the c[G]arnival
My h[C]and between your k[G]nees
You turned from [F]me
And said, "The t[C]rapeze act was w[G]onderful
But n[Am]ever meant to l[G]ast"
The clowns that p[F]assed
Saw me j[C]ust come up with a[G]nger
When it f[Am]illed with circus d[G]ogs
The parking l[F]ot
Had an e[C]lement of d[G]anger
[And]
P[C]lease, remember [G]me
Final[F]ly
And all my u[C]phill c[G]lawing
My d[C]ear, but if I m[G]ake
The pearly g[F]ates
I'll do my b[C]est to make a d[G]rawing
Of [Am]God and L[G]ucifer
A boy and g[F]irl
An angel k[C]issing on a s[G]inner
A m[Am]onkey and a m[G]an
A marching b[F]and
All a[C]round the frightened t[G]rapeze swinger
[C]Na, na-[G]na
Na-[F]na
Na-[C]na, na-[G]na
Na-na-[C]na, na-[G]na
Na-[F]na
Na-na-[C]na, na-[G]na
Na-na-[C]na