She Stayed As Steam
Kevin DevineVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
all that music in your mouth
rivers rushing at your teeth
cresting waves through wading valleys
flooded language tributaries
connect and cover over me
tensing jaw & cork screw eyelids
as if you couldn't bare to see
all that water pouring from you
collecting clouds inside the ballroom
over people who don't know you
but darling i do
On 'do', begin this riff:
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(Return to palm-muted power chords)
you trance yourself back towards the city
blood not moving to your feet
your foot falls tentative and muffled
automatic listless shuffle
your sidewalk scatter brain, cry uncle
you paint yourself back in your corner
and look for her on your t.v.
it's friday night and i am hungry
for a hand, a mouth, a body
a love i wouldn't have to carry
(For the next section, either play the riff or the chords below)
..Mouth ..now ..canal ..town
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a stitch in my mouth
and i'm untying now
a concrete canal
in a bomb border town
(return to palm muted power chords again)
an echo in the rafters
G
reminding you there was a sound
D |-7-----5---3-| Dm
but you killed her in waves
she stayed a steam to hiss at you now
(Stop palm muting here)
C7
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he killed her in waves
but that's not today
(back to palm muting again)
so you breathe through your mouth
try to calm yourself down
and keep what you found
and shout it out loud
(And stop palm muting again)
she can hover and hurt
or dissolve to dirt
some prayer in you mouth
and she might stay a steam
so get to the beams
let you figure her out
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Readable chord sheet for She Stayed As Steam by Kevin Devine
all that [F]music in your [C]mouth
rivers [G]rushing at your [Am]teeth
cresting [Bb]waves through wading [F]valleys
flooded [Bb]language tribu[F]taries
connect and [Bb]cover [F]over [C/G]me
tensing [F]jaw & cork screw [C]eyelids
as if you [G]couldn't bare to [Am]see
all that [Bb]water pouring [F]from you
collecting [Bb]clouds inside the [F]ballroom
over [Bb]people [F]who don't [C/G]know you [Bb]
but darling i do
On 'do', begin this riff:
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|----2-0-2---2---2------0-2---2---2-----0-2---2---2--------3-3333333--|
|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
|--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--|
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(Return to palm-muted power chords)
you trance your[F]self back towards the [C]city
blood not [G]moving to your [Am]feet
your foot falls [Bb]tentative and [F]muffled
auto[Bb]matic listless [F]shuffle
your sidewalk [Bb]scatter [F]brain, cry [C/G]uncle
you paint your[F]self back in your [C]corner
and look for [G]her on your t[Am].v.
it's friday [Bb]night and i am [F]hungry
for a [Bb]hand, a mouth, a [F]body
a love i [Bb]wouldn't [F]have to [C/G]carry [Bb]
(For the next section, either play the riff or the chords below)
..Mouth ..now ..canal ..town
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|----3----------------3-------3---3---3---------------3--3-3-3333333--|
|--11-1-1-111-111-1/55-5-5-555-533-011-1-1-111-111-155-5555--1111111--|
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a stitch in my [F/Bb]mouth
and i'm untying [Dm]now
a concrete [F/Bb]canal
in a bomb border [Dm]town [G] [A]
(return to palm muted power chords again)
an [Bb]echo in the [Am]rafters
[Dm] [G]
reminding you there was a sound
D |-7-----5---3-| Dm
but you killed her in waves
she stayed a [C]steam to hiss at you [F]now [C]
(Stop palm muting here)
[G] [Gadd9] [Am] [Bb] [F] [Am] [Bb] [F] [Am] [Bb] [F] [C/G] [C7]
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he killed her in [Bb]waves[F]
but that's not [Am]today [Dm]
(back to palm muting again)
so you breathe through your [Dm]mouth
try to calm yourself [Bb]down
and keep what you [F]found
and shout it out [A]loud
(And stop palm muting again)
she can hover and [Dm]hurt
or dissolve to [Bb]dirt
some prayer in you [F]mout[A]h
and she might stay a [G]steam
so get to the [C]beams
let you figure her [F]out [A]
[G] [Dm] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [C/G] [C7] [F]