Fixative chords by David Gray

SimplifiedC · G · Am · D · Em

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Verse 1

If there's a diamond in my mind

Will it dwindle down to naught

Or will it always be defined

If I can't fix it in my heart

Verse 2
D 
C 
So I'm returning to
G 
D 
the place
C 
That I might look into your
G 
D 
eyes
C 
G 
And look so hard that I can taste
Em 
That winter sun that never
G 
Em 
sets
The swallow caught up in the nets
G 
Em 
G 
The perfect chorus when it hits
C 
G 
Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave

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Verse 3

Was heading northward when I saw

That empty house out in the mist

There are traces left for sure

On every mouth you ever kissed

Verse 4
D 
C 
So I'm returning to
G 
D 
the word
C 
G 
That I might look between the lines
D 
C 
That I might dutifully recall
G 
Em 
The blue within your
G 
Em 
seagull stare
G 
The funny ways you had to care
Em 
G 
For every little thing beyond compare
C 
Don't slam the door, boy,

Interlude 1

when you leave

Verse 5
Em 
G 
So now I'm calling in the gulf
Em 
G 
When you went walking with the wolf
Em 
G 
Hey boy, you really brought it on yourself
C 
Don't slam the door,
G 
now, when you leave

Verse 6
Em 
G 
The strangest for we ever faced
Em 
G 
The stark in every staging grace
Em 
G 
Is crushing diamonds into paste
C 
Don't slam the door, boy,
G 
C 
when you leave
Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave