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Before I Go Back to the Whales chords by 
Daniel Zaitchik
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Intro 1
C
Am
F
Em
G
Dm
F
G
Dm
F
Verse 1
F
C
F
Am
F
Some come from the desert,
C
F
Some come from the woods,
C
Am
F
Some go into the liz ard,
C
F
C
F
some go into the wolves
G
The quiet pool, you can't explain,
F
the quiet pool that knows your name
C
Says this is where you come from
Em
Dm
F
an d where you're going to
C
F
Mine's been coming from the water,
G
Dm
long as I remember
C
G
Feel the arm around my waist,
F
pull me back to that embrace
C
This is where I come from
F
and where I'm going to
C
G
But before I go back to the whales,
Am
C
Am
F
I'll do the things that humans do
Dm
C
G
I'll smile for real, I'll smile real fake
C
F
My heart will heal, my heart will break
Dm
C
before I go back to the whales
F
I only believe in God
C
Dm
C
when I'm on an airplane taking
off or touching down
Dm
F
or when we're bouncing all around
Dm
C
then I say
G
I know I'm not one for prayer
F
C
but if you keep us in the air I'll be more
F
Just don't let us die, just don't let us die
C
F
But if we're all going down
C
Let it be off the coast of Provincetown
Am
C
G
Where the summer people go
F
To see the whales blow
C
Where the summer people beach
F
And the humpbacks bridge
Dm
C
G
But before I go back to the whales,
C
F
I'll flail the way that humans flail
Dm
C
G
I'll hit my stride, then I'll hit a wall
C
F
Dm
I'll learn to glide, then I'll damn it all
C
G
I'll take a lover, forsake a friend
Am
I'll wake and shudder from
F
dreams that won't end
C
I'll have songs to sing,
G
but I usually won't bother
Am
I'll clip my own wings,
F
Dm
but I'll blame it on my father
C
I'll give you my bed,
G
we will throb and burn
F
Am
F
Then I'll tell you I love you,
Dm
just to hear it in return
F
C
Before I go back to the waves
Dm
Em
F
G
We all knew it from the start
Dm
Em
F
G
One day soon we all will part
Dm
Em
F
G
Some will howl and some will fly
Dm
Em
Some will swim,
F
G
Dm
F
Em
I'm the swimmin' kind
F
G
C
I'm looking forward to being away
F
Give me back my flute,
give me back my belly
C
G
C
I think when I become aware
G
Am
F
Dm
I'll only say the things I mean
F
C
G
I'll only say what I mean
Am
F
Dm
I'll only say the things I mean
F
C
I won't look for meaning
Am
F
Dm
I'll just do what I'm meaning
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
G
F
C
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