A Purple Trail chords by Duncan Sheik

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Verse 1
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 (F major) Yes, you say one evening's
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like  (E major) another
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Bronze  (F major) and blist 'less time,
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the  (D minor) shad ows fall  (G major)  (E major) 
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Street (F major) s full of a soft, indifferent slumber  (E major) 
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It steeps  (F major) you in the darkness after  (Bdim) all
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 (E major) But the  (A minor) evening is  (D minor) a distant town
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Where  (G major) shadows gather
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an (C major) d  troops are brown
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 (E minor) The   (G major)  (F major) moon returns to a lonely book
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And  (D minor) sighs for how words fail
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While the  (E major) mountain wears a cloud
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With a  (F major) purple trail
Winter night that whistles
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Through the  (E major) tree limbs
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Vacant  (F major) sky, more vacant on  (A minor)  (E major) the streams
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The  (A minor) day de (F major) parts upon her
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golden phoenix  (E major) 
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The night  (A minor) be    (F major) gins to
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wake us for  (E major) the dream
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And the  (A minor) evening is  (D minor) a distant town too
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Where  (G major) shadows gather,
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 (C major) and troops of brown
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 (G major) They  (F major) hover for another look
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The  (D minor) dusk lets down its veil
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On the  (E major) mountain wears a cloud
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With a  (F major) purple trail
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Willow branches  (D minor) bright  (A minor) with
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 (D minor) sil  ver  (E major) monkeys
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Down  (F major) they dive to try and catch  (A minor)  (E major) the moon
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So  (F major) two lov (D minor) ers   (F major) fumble
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with  (D minor) their  (E major) longing,
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Drown  (F major) within some darker afternoon.  (E major) 
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And the  (A minor) evening gives  (D minor) a distance out
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Where  (G major) shadows gather (C major) ,
when troops are brown
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 (G major) The  (F major) moon returns to her lonely book,
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 (D minor) sighs for how words fail
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While the  (E major) mountain wears a cloud
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with a  (F major) purple trail
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Still the  (A minor) evening is  (D minor) a distant town
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Where  (G major) shadows gather (C major) 
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 (G major) an  (C major) d  troops of brown  (G major) 
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 (C major) Another  (F major) fall, another look
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The  (D minor) dusk lets down its veil
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On the  (E major) mountain wears a cloud
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With a  (F major) purple trail  (C major) 