Kevin Devine – A Billion Bees (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
N.C.                        F5
I found you grieving in the grass

F5                         F5/G
The sky bled water colored blue

F5/G                          C7
You seemed so simple sure and sad

C7                           Bb/F  F5
So I sat down to grieve with you
[Verse 2]
F5
You raised your hand to shield your eyes

F5                          F5/G
I shifted left to block the sun

F5/G                                   C7
You crossed your legs and cleared your throat

C7                         Bb/F  F5
I waited for your words to come
[Verse 3]
F5
But they slept soundly in your chest

F5                           F5/G
They never made it past your tongue

F5/G                   C7
So we sat silently and still

C7                            Bb/F  F5
And thought about things we'd done
[Verse 4]
F5
And all the people that we'd loved

F5                           F5/G
And all the people that we'd wronged

F5/G                                   C7
I watched the years flash through your face

C7                          Bb/F  F5
And I locked my anger in my lungs
[Verse 5]
F5
So every breath stung more and more

F5                        F5/G
A wave of whips across my spine

F5/G                         C7
A billion bees trapped in my chest

C7                          Bb/F  F5
Nails on a chalkboard every time
[Verse 6]
F5
'Til I watched your fingers sneak towards mine

F5                              F5/G
I heard your breath go thin and short

F5/G                          C7
I tucked your hair behind you ears

C7                                Bb/F  F5
And I watched your eyes dart back and forth
[Verse 7]
F5
And I sucked your lip and bit your neck

F5                              F5/G
The trees were shaking at their roots

F5/G                        C7
My angry arms felt cool and calm

C7                               Bb/F  F5
And my cotton mouth was wet with you
[Verse 8]
F5
So we lay glowing in the grass

F5                             F5/G
To watch the sun swap with the moon

F5/G                        C7
To trade our future for our past

C7                           Bb/F   F
The present tense was all we knew