Steamboat chords by Adrianne Lenker

SimplifiedC · F · Am · G

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well I am just a stranger
I am only a walker
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I guess I am human
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But sometimes I feel
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Like I am only a ghost
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Like I am only a wall
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And If you come around honey
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I'll probably just follow you home
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Cause it's all to know how to do
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I was born by a body
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I'll die by one too
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And places ain't nothing
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If it ain't got you
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One day I am gonna be a
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steam boat baby
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One day I can be a freight train lady
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I'll roll down the river
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And the miles won't phase me
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Oh I wish I was better at being alone
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Still everynight I call you on the phone
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Oh I wish I was more than my skin
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and my bones
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I've been arranging each
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of my movements
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And all of my gestures
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And trying to fool myself
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Into thinking
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That everything is small
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That nothing has reason
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I woke up and cried
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A Convulsion of honesty
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Brought me to life
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When I thought I was gone
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But I can't  put a lie
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in the mouth of a song
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One day I am gonna
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be a steam boat baby
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One day I can be a freight train lady
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I'll roll down the river
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And the miles won't phase me
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Oh I wish I was better at being alone
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Still everynight I call you on the phone
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Oh I wish I was more than
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my skin and my bones
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Oh I wish I was more than my skin
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and my bones