The Waterboys – Passing Through (Guitar)

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My first tab :) Please edit if necessary [Intro] D G D [Verse 1]
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I saw Adam leave the garden

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with an apple in his hand,

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I said Now that you're out, what are you gonna do?

         D
He said Plant some crops and pray for rain,

      G              D
maybe raise a little Cain.

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I'm an orphan now and I'm only passing through
[Chorus]
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Passing through, passing through.

                          D7
sometimes happy, sometimes blue,

          G          D
glad that I ran into you

        D                A               D   Asus4   D
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
[Verse 2]
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I kept Jesus in my sight,

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I was almost a disciple, but not quite

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Yet I can confirm all the stories about him are true

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I recall his kind eyes and his grin

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and his beautiful olive brown skin

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and the way he laughed as he was passing through
[Chorus]
D
Passing through, passing through.

                          D7
sometimes happy, sometimes blue,

          G          D
glad that I ran into you

        D                A               D   Asus4   D
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
[Verse 3]
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I guided Shakespeare's pen

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as he wrote down the follies of men

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and when his mighty mind drew blank

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I whispered clues

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When he sensed that I was close

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he cried are you angel or are you ghost?

             D
I said I'm a servant like you, Will,

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bearing witness as we're passing through
[Chorus]
D
Passing through, passing through.

                          D7
sometimes happy, sometimes blue,

          G          D
glad that I ran into you

        D                A               D   Asus4   D
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
[Verse 4]
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I rode with Sitting Bull

         G                  D
when the red berry moon was full

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he was the father and the champion of the Sioux

        D
through tears I asked him why

       G           D
he was unafraid to die

        D
he said this life is only dream

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and we're all just passing through
[Chorus]
D
Passing through, passing through.

                          D7
sometimes happy, sometimes blue,

          G          D
glad that I ran into you

        D                A               D   Asus4   D
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
[Verse 5]
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I marched with Martin Luther King

   G              D
in Sixty three in spring

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when he said I have a dream to share with you

             D
The gates of hope swung wide that day

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but Martin only pointed out the way

        D
for his time was short

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and he was only passing through
[Chorus]
D
Passing through, passing through.

                          D7
sometimes happy, sometimes blue,

          G          D
glad that I ran into you

        D                A               D   Asus4   D
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
[Verse 6]
      D
I was close by George Floyd's side

       G               D
on the dreadful day he died

  D
I filmed his murder on my phone

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so all the world could see it too

       D
By the time the news was known

G                  D
George was already home,

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his sacrifice made while he was passing through
[Chorus]
D
Passing through, passing through.

                          D7
sometimes happy, sometimes blue,

          G          D
glad that I ran into you

        D                A               D   Asus4   D
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
[Verse 7]
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Now this day is nearly done

       G              D
and my song is almost sung

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and pretty soon this scene will fade from our view

      D
If we never meet again

G                     D
remember me as an old friend

         D
that you met one time

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when we were passing through
[Chorus]
D
Passing through, passing through.

                          D7
sometimes happy, sometimes blue,

          G          D
glad that I ran into you

        D                A               D   Asus4   D
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.