babys breath chords by Bill Callahan

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Em
E
D
A
C
B
Esus4
G
Dsus4
C#dim
Am

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) There grows a weed
E 
Em 
Looks like a flower  (E major)  (E minor) 
D 
A 
Looks like  (D major) baby's  (A major) 
C 
Em 
B 
A 
 (C major) breath  (E minor) on  (B major)  (A major) a  mirror
Em 
Esus4 
Em 
 (E minor)  (Esus4)  (E minor) 

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Verse 2

My girl and I

Rushed atop the altar

The sacrifice was made

It was not easy undertaking

The roots gripped soft like

a living grave

Interlude 1

Verse 3
D 
Em 
Oh  (D major) young girl at the  (E minor) wedding
D 
Em 
Baby's breath  (D major) in her hair  (E minor) 
D 
Dsus4 
D 
A crowning  (D major)  (Dsus4) lace  (D major) 
Em 
above  (E minor) her face
D 
That'll last a  (D major) day
Em 
Before it turns to  (E minor) hay

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) 
Good plans are made by hand
A 
C#dim 
I'd cut a clear (A major) ing  (C sharpdim) in
C 
Em 
G 
Em 
the  (C major) land  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) 
G 
A 
C#dim 
Em 
C 
Em 
D 
For  (G major) a little  (A major) bed  (C sharpdim)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
C 
D 
A 
Em 
C 
 (C major) For  (D major) her to cry  (A major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
comfortable  (E minor) in

Interlude 2

Verse 5
D 
And each day I  (D major) looked out
Dsus4 
D 
Em 
D 
on  (Dsus4)  (D major) the lawn  (E minor)  (D major) 
Em 
And I wondered what all was  (E minor) gone
D 
Em 
Until I saw  (D major) it was lucky old me  (E minor) 
D 
 (D major) How could I run without
Em 
losing anything?  (E minor) 
D 
Dsus4 
 (D major) How could I run without  (Dsus4) 
D 
Em 
 (D major) becoming  (E minor) lean?
D 
Dsus4 
It was agreed  (D major)  (Dsus4) 
D 
Em 
 (D major) It was agreed  (E minor) 
D 
Dsus4 
D 
It was  (D major) me  (Dsus4)  (D major) tearing
Em 
out the baby's  (E minor) breath

Interlude 3

Verse 6
Em 
A 
Em 
 (E minor) Oh, I am a helpless man  (A major)  (E minor) 
So help me
I'm on my knees
A 
Em 
G 
Garden (A major) ing  (E minor)  (G major) 
Em 
A 
C#dim 
C 
It  (E minor) was not  (A major) a  weed  (C sharpdim)  (C major) 
Em 
G 
It was a flower (E minor)  (G major) 
A 
My baby's gone  (A major) 
C 
Em 
G 
Oh,  (C major) where has my baby gone?  (E minor)  (G major) 
A 
C 
She was  (A major) not a weed  (C major) 
Em 
She was a  (E minor) flower

Interlude 4

Verse 7
Am 
And now I  (A minor) know you must
Em 
reap  (E minor) what you sow
Em 
 (E minor) Or sing
Am 
Yes now I  (A minor) know you must
Em 
reap  (E minor) what you sow
Em 
Or sing  (E minor) 