Will Wood – Cicada Days (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] D [Verse]
D
The greener grass grows where the wildfires fertilize,

D                                                          Em                 G
With ashes of sparrows, peppered moths, and butterflies. Ghosts of trees and termites

          D
Bloom in the beanstalk.

D
And if you get lightheaded when standing too fast, is it from

D                                                    Em                       G
Shaking out the weight of phosphenes and past salt deposits, on warm little rivers,

                     D
That burst from our words
[Pre-chorus]
     A                G                     D
And god knows crying ain't gonna change a thing.

     A                      G                D    Dmaj7 D7
She said "take care" but I take more than I bring.
[Chorus]
               G                                 D
She said, "It just feels inhumane to lose this much.

                 Em                 G                    D Dmaj7 D7
'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love."

              G                             D
Just one week of cicada days, we're losing touch.

               Em             G                 D
And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much.
Em G [Verse]
D
Our nerves were braided under ceiling stars, that were all

D
Glow in the dark, hanging over queen-sized

 Em              G                          D     Em  G
Purple waves of ancient chemicals. Just whisper.

D
Did you ever build with those endangered bones? Well the

N.C                          D7            Em  G
ground looks soft enough to bury this now. Ohhhh,

           D
Please, oh no.
[Pre-chorus]
               A              G                D
And then my sponsor said "Do nothing. Nothing works."

             A                 G              D        Dmaj7 D7
And then my doctor said "Don't do that if it hurts."
[Chorus]
               G                                 D
She said, "It just feels inhumane to lose this much.

                 Em                 G                    D
'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love."

           G                             D
The seasons of cicada days we can't make up

               Em             G                 D  
And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much, woah
[Bridge]
           G                   G                 D
Let all my red flags fade to white, yeah, I give up.

              G               G                D
Don't let me leave, I'll only take more than I gave. Okay, I'll pack my stuff.

             G              G                D
Here at the end of days, my god, what have I done?

                Em             G                           D      Em   G
Christ, now it feels damn inhumane to get all I've dreamed of. Woahhhh!
[Outro]
D
Keep coming back, it works if you work it

D
So work it, you're worth it, it won't if you don't

     Em               G                  D
One day at a time, tomorrow's too late, amen.