Adrianne Lenker – Sadness As A Gift (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

As recorded by Adrianne Lenker (2024 release) [Intro]
G
   Two

G
And one, two, three, four
D Em C G C G D Am C G C G Am D7 [Verse 1]
G       D      Em
You and I both know

         C               G
There is nothing more to say

C                   G
Chance has shut her shining eyes

    D                Am
And turned her face away
[Chorus]
C                    G
Leaning on the windowsill

                   C                        G
You could write me someday, and I think you will

                 C                     Am
We could see the sadness as a gift and still

         D
Feel too heavy to hold
[Verse 2]
G    D     Em
Snow fallin'

         C              G
I try to keep from callin'

          C
Watch the spring turn to winter

G    D            Am
Fireflies all frozen

    C             G
The seasons go so fast

                   C               G
Thinking that this one was gonna last

          C            G           Am  D
Maybe the question was too much to ask
[Verse 3]
     G                  Em
Been searching for your eyes

      C             G
All I see is blue skies

         C                 G
And that old man beats his crooked cane

     D            Am
It's time to let go
[Chorus]
C                    G
Leaning on the windowsill

                   C                      G
You could write me someday, and I bet you will

                 C            G        Am
We could see the sadness as a gift and still

    C             G
The seasons go so fast

                   C               G
Thinking that this one was gonna last

          C                        Am  D
Maybe the question was too much to ask
[Fiddle Solo] G D Em C G C G D Am C G C G C Am D [Verse 4]
G       D/F#    Em           C          G
You and I could see into the same eternity

C            G               D    Am
Every second brimming with a majesty

    C                 G
Oh, kiss so sweet, so fine

                   C               G
You could hear the music inside my mind

        C           Em
And you showed me a place

     Am             D
I'll find even when I'm old
[Out-Chorus]
     C                    G
Just leaning on the windowsill

                   C                      G
You could write me someday, and I bet you will

                 C            G        Am
We could see the sadness as a gift and still

    C             G
The seasons go so fast

                   C               G
Thinking that this one was gonna last

          C                        Am  D
Maybe the question was too much to ask