John Frusciante – The Past Recedes (Guitar)

G            D     Am       Em
And then the past recedes

G           D  Am           Em
And I won't be involved

G           D       Am    Em
The effort to be free

G               D     Am
Seems pointless from above

G              D       Am       Em
You're looking down at me

G          D    Am      Em
I'd rather stay below

G                     D     Am   Em
Than have you staring up at me

G                D         Am    B7
 There's nowhere I want to gooo  oooh

C        D#dim            Em             D
Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive

C      D#dim                Em
Why to be here you've first got to die

D
So I gave it a try

    C           G/B
And what do you know

            Am      B7
Time was so long ago

G               D        Am    Em
And things come back you see

G             D     Am     Em
To where they don't belong

G         D       Am    Em
And every drop of sea

G      D        Am    B7
  Is the whole ocean  ooooohh

  C           D#dim
I lied to the greatest thieves

      Em           D
About anything and everything

C     D#dim         Em
I'm a figure of forgotten speech

D
I'm out of reach

C               G/B
I can't play it safe

            Am          B7
But I might just in case

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C    D#dim          Em
I'm disguised as a reaching hand

D
I'm working man

  C          D#dim
I don't understand why clockout

Em            D
Comes so slow every time

       C          G/B          Am
That's one line I stay right behind

       C          G/B          Am    B7
That's one line I stay right behind