Ani DiFranco – Recoil (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am Am C G [Verse]
Am               C          G                 Am
Come home and my guitar has nothing to say to me

     Am                   C
I've recoiled from all my friends

    G               Am
And then I'm in misery

Am                           C
Been so long since I've been held

G                   Am
Really, since I was his

   Am                    C
Probably just need to be held

G                    Am
That probably all it is
[Verse]
Am                        C
Course then I think of my dad

    G                   Am
Who time travels mostly now

Am                  C
Back to when he was free

    G                   Am
And holding out hope somehow

    Am                C
Who sits all day in a line

   G                     Am
Of wheelchairs against a wall

  Am                       C
Inventing ways to play out time

        G
Like us all

        Am
Like us all
[Chorus]
   Am      G          C           F
To all the people out there tonight

        G              Am
Who are comforting themselves

Am            G                F
If you should happen to see my light

        G                Am
You can stop and ring my bell

         G                    F
I'm just sittin' here in this sty

            G            Am
Strewn with half-written songs

       G               F
Taking one breath at a time

                   D
Nuthin' much going on

F                  D
Nuthin' much going on
Am Am C G [Verse]
Am              C
Little flashing zero

      G         Am
On my answering machine

     Am               C
Rats scratching at my brain,

      G              Am
Brain shuffling it's feet

        Am               C
Guess I have my father's heart

              G               Am
And it may or may not keep on trying

             Am               C
Can't really tell you what it is

              G                 Am
Keeps me this side of that dark line

    Am      C             G       Am
But I'm not there to take care of him

    Am      C            G       Am
And I'm not here to take care of me

Am        C                    G          Am
I'm going outside to watch the house burn down

Am         G
Across the street

Am           C                 G          Am
I'm going outside to watch the house burn down

Am         G
Across the street
[Chorus]
   Am      G          C           F
To all the people out there tonight

        G              Am
Who are comforting themselves

Am            G                F
If you should happen to see my light

        G                Am
You can stop and ring my bell

         G                    F
I'm just sittin' here in this sty

            G            Am
Strewn with half-written songs

       G               F
Taking one breath at a time

                   D
Nuthin' much going on

F                  D
Nuthin' much going on