Sun Kil Moon – Lemon Balm (Guitar)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
"Welcome to Sparks, Nevada" (2020), track 7
** NON-STANDARD TUNING **
D-A-D-G-G-C
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F G Am F G Am
C|---0-------------|---0-------------|
G|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G|-----4-----0-----|-----4-----0-----|
D|---------2---0-2-|---------2---0-2-|
A|-3-------0-------|-3-------0-------|
D|-3---5-----------|-3---5-----------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +[VERSE I]
F G Am F G Am Tonight it’s raining and the mountains are misty, reminding me of wintertime F G Am F G Am Strange that it’s late spring and the firewood is burning, strange that it’s spring and that F G Am In a hotel room across the ocean, I’m not tossing and turning
F G Am
[VERSE II] C D Em C D Em C|---2-------0-----|---2-------0-----| G|---0-----0-------|---0-----0-------| G|-0-----0---0---0-|-0-----0---0---0-| D|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---| A|-3-------2-------|-3-------2-------| D|-----0---2-------|-----0---2-------| C D Em C D Em On the end table, the same old vase, filled with oleanders and sweet peas C D Em C D Em And there’s my boxing encyclopedia from the 1950s, and I just read the old records of Tiger Flowers F G Am And Willie Ritchie
F G Am
[PRE-CHORUS]
F G Am F G Am And yesterday while I was cutting my lawn, I stumbled on a patch of lemon balm F G Am I thought it might be mint, but you told mе I was wrong F G Am F G You sniffed it with caution and said that you were surе it was lemon balm [CHORUS] G C C|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| G|---------4---------------4-------| D|-----0-------0-------2-------2---| A|-----------------3---------------| D|-5-------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + C G Lemon balm C G Lemon balm C G Lemon balm
[VERSE III]
F G Am F The cat, she’s asleep, with her there’s few surprises G Am And I’ve just opened The Sun Also Rises F G Am Lost in a world of trout fishing in Basque County, Spain F G Am Last time I was in Spain it was much like here F G Am Mountainous, mystical, and pouring rain
F G Am
[PRE-CHORUS]
F G Am I feel there’s so much right in this world, though I’m told I’m wrong F G Am While I lay, sipping a bottle of water, and flipping through pages F G And chewing on lemon balm
[CHORUS]
C G Lemon balm C G Lemon balm C G Lemon balm [BRIDGE] C G C|---------2-------|---------2-------| G|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----| G|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---| D|---4-----------4-|---0-----------0-| A|-3---------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-5---------------| C G C For some to relax, they recite biblical songs G C For some to relax, they have somebody read their poems G C For some to relax, they read William Faulkner’s The Wild Palms G C As for me, I open any old book and chew on lemon balm
F G Am
F G Am
[VERSE IV]
F G Am While taking photos of flowers recently, on the side of the road F G Am A girl with three guys yelled, “Mark, I love your band!” F G Am I asked her which one of them was her ex F G Am Which was her new boyfriend, and which one of them would be her future, rest of her life man?
[VERSE V]
C D Em C Mike said to Robert, “Come on, say something ironical!” D Em C And that planted a seed as to why, toward them, I was comical D Em To my question, the four of them devilishly grinned C D Em I said, “Nice to meet you all, but I gotta leave, my head is spinning.”
[VERSE VI]
F G Am “Spinning with what?” one of the young men said F G Am I said, “I’m middle-aged, and your lives are just beginning F G Am And I remember when I was young like you and everything seemed so nifty.” F G Am C He said, “Don’t be so down on yourself, you’re the coolest musician we know who’s in their fifties!”
[PRE-CHORUS]
C D Em C Tonight the rain’s falling, the sound of the woodburning stove brings me calm D Em C And tonight and all day is over me, I refuse to be fond D Em To you and I, this night only belongs C D Em I’m at peace drinking water and reading and chewing on lemon balm
[CHORUS]
C G
C G Lemon balm
[BRIDGE]
C G C Some guys died young in Vietnam from napalm G C Some may die happy after eating dinner in Milan G C Some will go out fighting while others may go out without a qualm G C When I die, I hope it's a long way away and that I'm next to you, where I belong G And that in my system they found the delicious dishes C G Made with lemongrass, garlic, chilis, and fish sauces C G C G And I’ll bet, in my system, they find traces of my calming lemon balm
[CHORUS]
C G Lemon balm C G Lemon balm C G Lemon balm
C G C G C G