erics trip chords by Sonic Youth

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Verse 1
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major) (Hatred)
(I hate the past)
I can't see anything at all,
G 
A 
 (G major) all I see is me  (A major) 
That's clear enough
And that's what's important,
G 
A 
 (G major) to see me  (A major) 

Verse 2
A 
My  (A major) eyes can focus
My brain is talking
G 
A 
It  (G major) looks pretty good to  (A major) me
My head's on straight,
my girlfriend's beautiful
D 
G 
A 
It  (D major) looks pretty  (G major) good to  (A major) me

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Verse 3

Sometimes I speak

Tonight there's nothing

to say

Sometimes we freak

And laugh all day

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) 
D 
Hold these pages  (D major) up to the light
C 
D 
See the  (C major) jackknife inside of  (D major) the dream
C 
D 
 (C major) A railroad run (D major) s  through the
C 
record stores at night  (C major) 
D 
Coming in for the  (D major) deep-freeze

Verse 5
A 
Mary, Mary,  (A major) a simple word,
G 
A 
are you  (G major) there in the cold coun (A major) try?
G 
Your eyes so full, your head so tight  (G major) 
A 
Can't you  (A major) hear me?
Remember our talk that
day on the phone?
G 
I said  (G major) I  was the door,
A 
 (A major) and you were the station
With shattered glass and miles between us
D 
G 
A 
We still  (D major) flew  (G major) away  (A major) in the conversation

Verse 6

My cup is full,

and I feel okay

The world is dull, but not today

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
D 
She think's she's  (D major) a  goddess
C 
D 
 (C major) She says she talks  (D major) to the spirits
C 
D 
C 
D 
 (C major) I  (D major) wonder if  (C major) she  (D major) can talk to herself?
C 
D 
 (C major) If she can bear  (D major) to hear it?

Interlude 1

Verse 8

This is Eric's trip

We've all come to watch him slip

He's slipping all the way to Texas

Can you dig it?

Interlude 2

Verse 9

I see with a glass eye

The pavement view

A shadow forming, across the fields rushing

Through me to you

Verse 10
A 
We tore  (A major) down the world,
G 
and put up four walls  (G major) 
A 
I breathe in  (A major) the myth
I'm over the city, fucking the future
D 
A 
I'm  (D major) high and inside your  (A major) kiss

Verse 11
A 
 (A major) 
D 
We can't see clear  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major) But what we see is alright  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major) We make up what we can (D major) 't hear
A 
D 
 (A major) And then we sing all  (D major) night

Verse 12
C 
D 
 (C major) Scattered pages  (D major) and shattered lights
C 
D 
See the  (C major) jackknife, see  (D major) the dream
C 
 (C major) There's something moving
D 
 (D major) over there to the right
C 
 (C major) Like nothing I've never seen