lichen chords by Long Neck

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Intro 1

Verse 1
F 
Let me be
Am 
the lichen that grows when it rains
F 
Green upon the bark,
Am 
dot in the lay of the sky
F 
Let me cling to you
Am 
when conditions are right
F 
Am 
And I can shrink away at the coming light
Dm 
Of the matches you struck
F 
Dm 
and held by my cheeks
F 
I felt them burn, I felt them sting
Dm 
F 
Don't you miss me?
Am 
C 
Am 
Bm 
Am 
C 
Don't you?
F 
Am 
I was part of what you'd conceal
F 
Am 
The differences in the love you'd feel
F 
This heart isn't mine,
Am 
it acts on its own accord
F 
Am 
I feel much further than I have before
Dm 
When you bury me,
F 
Dm 
don't put lilies in my fist
F 
Put a beer bottle there,
Dm 
cause that's how I lived
F 
Won't you miss me?
C 
When you left you didn't crack my ribs
and take my heart
You left it there and you took my lungs
Black around the edges
with no room to breathe
I stumbled on and looked to the trees
F 
C 
When you left you didn't crack my ribs
F 
an d take my heart
Am 
F 
You left it there and you took my lungs
C 
Black around the edges
F 
with no room to breathe
Am 
F 
I stumbled on and looked
Am 
C 
Am 
C 
to the trees
F 
I'm sleeping like in the crows
when it rains you