Shortstop chords by Sara hickman

SimplifiedD · G · C · Bm · Am …

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Intro 1

As I

Verse 1
D 
C 
G 
circle the picnic table
C 
D 
C 
Eyes watch me in my flowing dress
D 
Bm 
C 
The sky is an unnatural shade of green
G 
Am 
But it's really just the light
D 
G 
through the trees
C 
D 

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Verse 2

Red and white inviting cookie

store in New York City

I took a chocolate photograph

A thirteen month old smiling child

Mother ends our conversation

Calls me a lunatic

Verse 3
Bm 
D 
Dancing in the middle
Em 
Bm 
of a crazy diamond
D 
Am 
D 
I'm kicking dust into the stagnant air
Am 
D 
I am a shortstop between
Am 
D 
here and  third
F 
Em 
Am 
D 
But the traffic never slows
G 
C 
Still I wave
D 
C 

Verse 4
G 
C 
D 
My sister tells a funny situation,
G 
C 
D 
she is happy in her thinking
C 
D 
As the phone begins to ring,
Bm 
C 
a big boom fills the room
It is a man who wants my
Bm 
Am 
G 
sister all to himself
Am 
D 
So I must break the news she
G 
C 
is gay
D 
C 

Verse 5
Em 
Bm 
D 
Laughing in the middle
C 
Em 
Bm 
of a crazy diamond
D 
She's kicking dust into
Am 
D 
the stagnant air
She is a shortstop between here and third
F 
Em 
Am 
But the traffic will never slow
D 
Oh, she waves anyway
G 
C 

Interlude 1

Verse 6
C 
D 
C 
G 
Each day you make your bed all by yourself
C 
Tossing flowers,
D 
C 
the names engraved with pencil marks
D 
Bm 
C 
A constant quirky conversation
Bm 
Am 
G 
Oh, should you change your name
Am 
D 
G 
C 
D 
C 
To protect your innocence

Verse 7
Em 
Bm 
D 
Spinning in the middle
Em 
Bm 
of your crazy diamond
D 
Am 
D 
I'm kicking dust into your stagnant air
Am 
You are a shortstop
D 
Am 
D 
between here and  third
F 
Em 
Am 
D 
But the traffic will never  slow
Still I wave
G 
C 
D 
C 

Verse 8
G 
C 
D 
As I circle the picnic table
G 
C 
D 
Yours eyes watch me in
my flowing dress
C 
D 
Bm 
C 
The sky is an unnatural shade of gray
Am 
C 
D 
But it's really just the light
C 
G 
fading from your eyes
C 
Bm 
Am 
Yes, it's really just the light fading,
G 
fading
C 
G 
Yes, it's really just the light
Am 
G 
Am 
D 
G 