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Clifton Springs

Steven Page
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
La  da da da da  da
La  da da da da  da
La  da da, la  da da, la  da da, la  da da
La  da da da da  da,
La  da da da da  da
La  da da da  da da, La  da da da
 I  was born old
 I grew up  but I got younger
 I was torn,  and cold
 Now I’m fine  but there’s this hunger
 And a thirst  for the days
 Before I  went and razed  it all
To  the  ground
 Got a job, found God
 I did everything they told me
 Spoiled the child, spared the rod
 And found someone new to hold me
 Though the love’s not as real
 As what I used to feel when it
 All went wrong
La  da da da da  da,
La  da da da da  da
La  da da da  da da, La  da da da
 She was young, not scared - she was everything I wanted
 I was dumb, unprepared - had no idea that I was haunted
 By the ghosts of a life the night I hid the knives
 And it all went wrong
 It’s an old wound, but it opened in a new way
 In a rest room in a rest stop on the thruway
 She calls up her parents
 And admits with embarrassment
 She was wrong
Speaking  of your mother
This  is how it goes:
 When the world  gets you down
 I suppose
You  can fly away  somewhere else
Of  your own volition
Of  your own accord
 When you’re sad,  when you’re angry
 When you’re bored,
 You’ve got  to do what’s best  for yourself
Ooo  ooo ooooo  ooo oo oo  oo oo oo oo
La  da da da dum
 I awoke; you were gone
 There was nothing left to hold onto
 I was blind, I was wrong
 But I could find you if I want to
 So I fly to the coast where
 The boys you love most
 Sing into your eyes
 I was lost, now I’m found
 I can see, but miss the blindness
 Here’s my cross; pound
 It’s your mouth, your kiss, your kindness
 My stigmata’s the regret for how
 I could have let it all
 Go so wrong
 I’m going back  to the place
 Where they laughed  in my face
 When it all went
All went
All went wrong
 Yes it all went  -
 Isn’t this  what you wanted,  darling?
All went...

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Readable chord sheet for Clifton Springs by Steven Page

[D]La da da da [A]da da
[Bm]La da da da [F#m]da da
[Bm]La da da, [F#m]la da da, [Bm]la da da, [A]la da da
[D]La da da da [A]da da,
[Bm]La da da da [F#m]da da
[G]La da da [D]da da da, [A]La da da [D]da

I[D] was born [A]old
I grew [Bm]up but I got [F#m]younger
I was t[Bm]orn, and [F#m]cold
Now I’m [Bm]fine but there’s this [A]hunger
And a [G]thirst for the d[A]ays
Before [D]I went and r[F#m]azed it all
[G]To t[A]he g[D]round

Got a job, found God
I did everything they told me
Spoiled the child, spared the rod
And found someone new to hold me
Though the love’s not as real
As what I used to feel when it
All went wrong

[D]La da da da [A]da da,
[Bm]La da da da [F#m]da da
[G]La da da [D]da da da, [A]La da da [D]da

She was young, not scared - she was everything I wanted
I was dumb, unprepared - had no idea that I was haunted
By the ghosts of a life the night I hid the knives
And it all went wrong

It’s an old wound, but it opened in a new way
In a rest room in a rest stop on the thruway
She calls up her parents
And admits with embarrassment
She was [Bm]wrong

[G]Speaking of your [A]mother
[Bm]This is how it [A7]goes:
When the [G]world gets you d[A]own
I sup[Bm]pose
[Gm]You can fly [A7]away somewhere [Bm]else
[G]Of your own [A]volition
[Bm]Of your own [A7]accord
When you’re [G]sad, when you’re [A]angry
When you’re [Bm]bored,
You’ve [Gm]got to do what’s [A7]best for your[Bm]self
[G]Ooo ooo o[A]oooo ooo oo [D]oo oo oo oo o[Bm]o
[G]La da da da [A]dum

I awoke; you were gone
There was nothing left to hold onto
I was blind, I was wrong
But I could find you if I want to
So I fly to the coast where
The boys you love most
Sing into your eyes

I was lost, now I’m found
I can see, but miss the blindness
Here’s my cross; pound
It’s your mouth, your kiss, your kindness
My stigmata’s the regret for how
I could have let it all
Go so wrong

I’m going [G]back to the [A]place
Where they l[D]aughed in my f[A]ace
When it [G]all [A]went
[D]All [Bm]went
[G]All [A]went [Bm]wrong
Yes it [G]all [A]went -
Isn’t t[D]his what you [Bm]wanted, darling?
[G]All [A]went...

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