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Traffic In The Sky

Jack Johnson
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Em
e---------------------------------------------------------------
b--7---7---7----------10----10----10---5---5---5-------8--8--8--
g---7---7---------------11----11--------5---5-----------9--9----
D----7---7-----------------11----11------5---5-----------9--9---
a-5----------------5/9----------------3------------3/7----------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
 There's traffic in the sky and it doesn't seem to be getting much better
 There's kids playing games on the pavement Drawing waves on the pavement Mmm hmm
  Shadows of the planes on the pavement Mmm hmm
 It's enough to make me cry
 But that don't seem like it will make it feel better
 Maybe it's a dream and if I scream
 It will burst at the seams
 Whole place would fall into pieces
 And then they'd say
Well  how could we have known
 I'll tell them it's not so  hard to
 Tell
 Nah  nah nah
 You keep adding  stones
 Soon the water  will
 Be lost in the well
Mmmm  mmmm
 same as above)
 And puzzle pieces in the ground
 No one ever seems to be digging
 Instead they're looking up towards the heavens
 With their eyes on the heavens
 Mmm hmmm
 The shadows on the way to the heavens
 Mmm hmm
 It's enough to make me cry
 That don't seem like it will make it feel better
 The answers could be found
 We could learn from digging down
 But no one ever seems to be digging
 Instead they'll say
 Well how could we have known
 I'll tell them it's not so hard to tell
 Nah nah nah
 You keep adding stones
 Soon the water will
 Be lost in the well
 Mmmm mmmm
 And words of wisdom all around
 But no one ever seems to listen
 They're talking about the plans on the paper
 Building up from the pavement
 Mmm hmm
 The shadows from the scrapers on the pavement
 Mmm hmm
 It's enough to make me sigh
 But that don't seem like it will make it feel better
 The words are all around
 But the words are only sounds
 And no one ever seems to listen
 Instead they'll say
 Well how could we have known
 I'll tell them it's really not so hard to tell
 Nah nah nah
 You keep adding stones
 Soon the water will
 Be lost in the well
 Lost in the well
 Mmmm mmmm mmmm (end on D)

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Readable chord sheet for Traffic In The Sky by Jack Johnson

[D]                  [F#m]              [C]            [Em]
e---------------------------------------------------------------
b--7---7---7----------10----10----10---5---5---5-------8--8--8--
g---7---7---------------11----11--------5---5-----------9--9----
D----7---7-----------------11----11------5---5-----------9--9---
a-5----------------5/9----------------3------------3/7----------
E---------------------------------------------------------------

There's traffic in the sky and it doesn't seem to be getting much better
There's kids playing games on the pavement Drawing waves on the pavement Mmm hmm
 Shadows of the planes on the pavement Mmm hmm
It's enough to make me cry
But that don't seem like it will make it feel better
Maybe it's a dream and if I scream
It will burst at the seams
Whole place would fall into pieces

And then they'd [A]say  [Ab]
[G]Well how could we have kno[A]wn
I'll tell them it's not [D]so hard to
[Bm] Tell
Nah[G] nah nah
You keep addin[A]g stones
Soon the water[D] will
Be lost in the [Bm]well
[G]Mmmm mmmm          [A]

same as above)
And puzzle pieces in the ground
No one ever seems to be digging
Instead they're looking up towards the heavens
With their eyes on the heavens
Mmm hmmm
The shadows on the way to the heavens
Mmm hmm
It's enough to make me cry
That don't seem like it will make it feel better
The answers could be found
We could learn from digging down
But no one ever seems to be digging
Instead they'll say
Well how could we have known
I'll tell them it's not so hard to tell
Nah nah nah
You keep adding stones
Soon the water will
Be lost in the well
Mmmm mmmm
And words of wisdom all around
But no one ever seems to listen
They're talking about the plans on the paper
Building up from the pavement
Mmm hmm
The shadows from the scrapers on the pavement
Mmm hmm
It's enough to make me sigh
But that don't seem like it will make it feel better
The words are all around
But the words are only sounds
And no one ever seems to listen
Instead they'll say
Well how could we have known
I'll tell them it's really not so hard to tell
Nah nah nah
You keep adding stones
Soon the water will
Be lost in the well
Lost in the well
Mmmm mmmm mmmm (end on D)

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