The Hold Steady – Oaks (Guitar)

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There were days from last week   I couldn't quite complete

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Skipped ahead to the next afternoon  Sweat through the sheets

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Slept in my shoes  Hung around with the House of Balloons

C        G              D        Em
Keep the speed steady   Hold the wheel straight

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We scratch and we scrape   We're scared then we're brave

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The kids on the corner making eyes at the cars

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If you want to be saved all it takes is a wave

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There were kids at the car wash That said they could get it

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Gave them half but they never came back

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Drove by so slowly  It felt like we're floating  An inflatable raft

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  Our bodies are stoplights  Our minds are the streets

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We scratch and we scrape  We're scared then we're brave

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The kids on the corner making eyes at the cars

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And if you want to saved    all it takes is a wave

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Sarah I still think that you are so beautiful

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I'm sorry that you don't feel the same way as me

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We spent so much time in this town driving slowly

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We spent so much money on things that didn't stay

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So call for a taxi. Slide into the backseat

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It rolls like a glass bottomed boat

    G                            D            Em
The kids on the corner when they reach in the window

      C              G             B7        C
Their arms look like limbs from an oak

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Keep the speed steady   Hold the wheel straight

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I swear I feel each little sway

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Our minds are the windows  Our bodies are screens

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We scratch     We scrape     And we dream

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We dream of the limbs of the trees  We dream of the views from the boats

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Of mountains all covered in oaks

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And we hope  As we hang from the limbs of the trees

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We cling to the rails of the boats  The mountains all covered in oaks

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And we dream of the limbs of the trees  We dream of the views from the boats

   D                Em      C            D
Of mountains all covered in oaks

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And we hope  As we hang from the limbs of the trees

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We cling to the rails on the boats  The trees as they turn into smoke

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The trees they turn slowly to smoke