Hourglass chords by Patty Griffin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The hourglass never really  (B major) runs out of sand
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You get to the end and you just  (E minor) turn it  (B major) up side down
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again  (E minor) It's like a book  (B major) where the story never ends
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 (C major) The plot  (B major) keeps turning around  (E minor) 
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I was  (B major) dancing with my  (E minor) eyes closed  (B major) 
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 (E minor) The music  (B major) had me in  (E minor) a trance  (B major) 
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 (E minor) Six o'c (B major) lock in the morn (E minor) ing came
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around  (B major) I was  (C major) the last  (B major) one at the dance  (E minor) 
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 (A minor) Morning takes a stiff  (E minor) upper lip
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A turned  (A minor) up collar and some  (E minor) very strong hips
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 (A minor) A strong will for when  (E minor) the money slips
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And they  (B major) ain't calling you a lady
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now  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (C major)  (B major) 
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 (E minor) A sister told  (B major) me some (E minor) time ago  (B major)  (E minor) There's no re (B major) ward for lost
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 (E minor) sheep  (B major) You'd better  (E minor) learn to  (B major) look sharp,  (E minor) Keep it in the lines,
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 (B major) Don't go  (C major) swimming where
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the  (B major) river's too  (E minor) deep
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But I knew all  (B major) along  (E minor) that just wasn't  (B major) me
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I  (E minor) went swimming in the river  (B major) with the ghosts  (E minor) and debris  (B major) 
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 (E minor) Shouldn't a per (B major) son at least try  (E minor) to  be free
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Instead of  (C major) giving up and just
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pre (B major) tending to be?
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 (A minor) Morning leaves you in  (E minor) a strange place A  (A minor) dirty mir
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 (B major) ror and a stranger (E minor) 's face  (A minor) Nowhere to run
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Too  (E minor) late to back out of it
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Might  (B major) as well stick around And take a crack out of it  (E minor) 
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C 
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 (E minor) Ive heard it said  (B major) many times  (E minor) that life  (B major) is a dream If  (E minor) it  is  (B major) I've been dreaming
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of a crazy  (E minor) machine  (B major) That's been  (E minor) choking out the  (B major) love
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Killing  (E minor) too many  (B major) dreamers
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And I just  (C major) wanna tear  (B major) that
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old machine  (E minor) down
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Ask me what  (B major) I  would
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dream up  (E minor) in it's place
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 (B major) Well, I'd  (E minor) dream of a forest  (B major) where we could all
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 (E minor) meet face to  (B major) face Where  (E minor) love could be  (B major) love
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Dreams  (E minor) could be dreamers  (B major) 
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 (C major) Dreamer (B major) s dreaming of love
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 (E minor) And it's many wonders
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 (C major) Dreamers  (B major) dreaming  (E minor)  (C major)  (B major) of  (E minor) love
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