Kevin Devine – Somewhere Unoccupied (Guitar)

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LEGEND: / - back to back chords not tied together ~ - chords that are held out and/or tied into the next chord , - breath mark, distinct pause between chords [Intro] Eb ~~ [x6 bars] Dm ~ Bb / Eb [x4] [Verse 1]
Eb              Dm       Bb / Eb
   You got some bad news

            Dm
You took it face first

            Bb    Eb
Like people often do

          Dm           Bb / Eb
No matter how advanced

   Dm
An enlightened perspective's no

Bb         Eb
Safeguard against
[Pre-Chorus]
  Bb   C
A real life

         Bb  C
With its nosedives

    Bb     C
Its gutter lows

    Dm      Bb
Its sunrise heights
[Chorus]
Bb             Gm ~ F
   I heard you say,

Cm        Eb  Bb
  "I'm an acrobat

          Gm ~ F
I cheated death

Cm              Eb       Bb
   Now death is cheating back

        Cm      Dm        Eb
I thought I might hide out

                 Bb
Become the empty sky

             Gm
But I had to land

           F
I couldn't find

Cm             Eb
   Somewhere unoccupied"
[Intro Riff] Dm / Bb / Eb x2 [Verse 2]
Eb             Dm           Bb / Eb
   You sang in ghost notes:

         Dm
A second history

          Bb     Eb
A pool of broken code

           Dm           Bb / Eb
I felt the moment slide

         Dm                       Eb      F
You were bridging the halves of a great divide
[Chorus]
Bb             Gm ~ F
   I heard you say,

Cm               Eb   Bb
  "If there's an architect

              Gm ~ F
Let's see the plan

Cm               Eb      Bb
   Let's see who gets it next

        Cm          Dm
I'm sure, sometimes,

           Eb                Bb
Except when I'm certain otherwise."

            Gm             F
I felt your hand fold into mine,
[Bridge - Arpeggiated Finger Style Optional]
Eb              F        Bb
   And I was preoccupied

                Eb
Felt fleeting & small

Eb                F         Bb
   Completely surrounded by

                Eb
The fates of us all

Cm              F            Bb
   You were the troubled one

                Eb
But you took me on

Eb             F     Bb
   You carried me along

            Gm ~ F
I heard you say,
[Chorus - LOUDLY, "chugga" pickup/grace F]
Cm        Eb         Bb
 "Go be a welcome mat.

           Gm ~ F
A sign of home;

Cm            Eb    Bb
   An uncomplicated fact

       Cm        Dm
Outside yourself,

               Eb                  Bb
The whole world is helping someone else.

          Gm                F
An act of grace, a clearing mind -

Cm             Eb  Bb ~ Cm ~ Dm ~ Eb ~
   Somewhere unoccupied"         

Eb                 Bb ~ Cm ~ Dm ~ Eb ~ [x3]
   Somewhere unnoccupied               [x3]

Eb                 Eb  Eb  Eb  Eb  Bb ~~~
...Somewhere unoccupied
F F Gm ~~~