My Side Of The Blues
Simon JoynerVersion1
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Chords in this song
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When the days go drifting backwards
and old friends' voices chew the air.
Well, the shells make my ears get seasick -
I know the ocean isn't really living there.
And the pendulum doesn't swing for passion,
and even horror can't make those stubborn hands freeze.
But sometimes just a soft light lit in a bedroom
can bring a tired traveller to his knees.
She said, "If you come to me, I'll make it easy.
If you come to me, I'll make it easy for you.
So when you come to me, you can breathe freely.
And I'll let you stand a while on my side,
stand a while on my side,
stand a while on my side of the blues."
Well, praise be to the rolling graveyards,
and to the heroes with their necklaces of seaweed.
Cinderella's got to be home before midnight
so St. Christopher don't ever have to leave.
And here's a toast to all the furious seasons
that went and stole the blood out of baby's cheeks.
Though she was a one who always come so close to smiling,
she made crying seem like Christmas Eve.
And she said, "If you come to me, I'll make it easy.
If you come to me, I'll make it easy for you.
So when you come to me, you can breathe freely.
And I'll let you stand a while on my side,
stand a while on my side,
stand a while on my side of the blues."
Well, a tattooed body wrote himself into a fable,
the story of the pine needle and the sheep.
They found him hibernating beneath the coffee table.
It turned out it was actually a human sleep.
And the trees forgave the fire that went on burning,
'til hope was all it left when the smoke cleared.
I'll forgive her body for deserting
as soon as I recall why mine's still here
She said, "If you come to me, I'll make it easy.
If you come to me, I'll make it easy for you.
So when you come to me, you can breathe freely.
And I'll let you stand a while on my side,
stand a while on my side,
stand a while on my side of the blues."
So the days launch forward leaving memories,
dragging swollen clouds across a robin's egg.
Like the beggar, I know I'm bound to get clean eventually
if I just keep walking up and down the street.
Up and the down the street.
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Readable chord sheet for My Side Of The Blues by Simon Joyner
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B|-1----1------2-----3----1----1----3--------------|
G|-2----0------3-----4----0----3----2--------------|
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A|------0-----------------2----3----0--------------|
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[F] [E] [F#2] [G2] [B] [C] [F]
[C] [E] [F] [C] [C] [E] [F] [F#2] [G2]
[C] [E] [F] [C] [B] [Am] [G] [F] [F] [E] [C]
When the[C] days go[E] drifting b[F]ackwards [C]
and o[C]ld fri[E]ends' vo[F]ices chew t[G]he air.
Well,[C] the shells[E] make [F]my ears get s[C]easick [B]- [Am]
I know t[G]he ocean isn't really living there. [F] [E] [C]
And the [C]pendulum[E] doesn't sw[F]ing for passi[C]on,
and e[C]ven ho[E]rror can[F]'t make tho[G]se stubborn hands freeze.
But s[C]ometimes ju[E]st a s[F]oft light lit[C] in a b[B]edroom[Am]
can brin[G]g a tired traveller to his knees. [F] [E] [C]
She said, "If yo[C]u come t[E]o me, I'll [F]make it easy.[C] [E] [F]
If you come to m[C]e, I'll [E]make it eas[F]y for you. [C] [E] [F]
So when[Em] you come to me, you can [F]breathe freely.
And I'll let you stand a[C] while on my sid[G2]e, [F]
[C]stand a while on[G2] my side, [F]
[C]stand a while on[G2] my side of the [F]blues." [C] [C]
[F] [F]
Well, pr[C]aise be [E]to the roll[F]ing graveyard[C]s,
and t[C]o the [E]heroes w[F]ith their n[G]ecklaces of seaweed.
Cinde[C]rella's got[E] to be[F] home before [C]midnigh[B]t [Am]
so St. C[G]hristopher don't ever have to leave. [F] [E] [C]
And here[C]'s a toa[E]st to all t[F]he furious se[C]asons
that [C]went a[E]nd stole[F] the blood [G]out of baby's cheeks.
Thoug[C]h she was a[E] one w[F]ho always com[C]e so cl[B]ose to[Am] smiling,
she made[G] crying seem like Christmas Eve. [F] [E] [C]
And she said, "I[C]f you co[E]me to me, I[F]'ll make it e[C]asy. [E] [F]
If you come to m[C]e, I'll [E]make it eas[F]y for you. [C] [E] [F]
So when[Em] you come to me, you can [F]breathe freely.
And I'll let you stand a[C] while on my sid[G2]e, [F]
[C]stand a while on[G2] my side, [F]
[C]stand a while on[G2] my side of the [F]blues." [C] [C]
[F] [F]
Well, a [C]tattooed[E] body wrote[F] himself into[C] a fable,
the s[C]tory o[E]f the pi[F]ne needle a[G]nd the sheep.
They [C]found him h[E]iberna[F]ting beneath [C]the cof[B]fee ta[Am]ble.
It turne[G]d out it was actually a human sleep. [F] [E] [C]
And the [C]trees fo[E]rgave the f[F]ire that went[C] on burning,
'til [C]hope w[E]as all i[F]t left when[G] the smoke cleared.
I'll [C]forgive her[E] body [F]for deserting[C] [B] [Am]
as soon [G]as I recall why mine's still here [F] [E] [C]
She said, "If yo[C]u come t[E]o me, I'll [F]make it easy.[C] [E] [F]
If you come to m[C]e, I'll [E]make it eas[F]y for you. [C] [E] [F]
So when[Em] you come to me, you can [F]breathe freely.
And I'll let you stand a[C] while on my sid[G2]e, [F]
[C]stand a while on[G2] my side, [F]
[C]stand a while on[G2] my side of the [F]blues." [C] [C]
[F] [F]
So the d[C]ays laun[E]ch forward [F]leaving memor[C]ies,
dragg[C]ing sw[E]ollen cl[F]ouds across[G] a robin's egg.
Like [C]the beggar,[E] I kno[F]w I'm bound t[C]o get c[B]lean e[Am]ventually
if I jus[G]t keep walking up and down the street. [F]
[F]Up and t[E]he d[C]own the street.