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LATE FOR THE SKY (Jackson Browne)

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C
G
F
C/E
All the words had all been spoken
and somehow the feeling still wasn't right
Dm
Am
G
F
And still we continued on through the night
C
G
F
C7+/E
Tracing our steps from the beginning
until they vanished into the air
Dm
Am
G
F
C
Trying to understand how our lives had led us there
F

G
Am
G
G/F
Em
Looking hard into your eyes
there was nobody I'd ever known
Dm
F7+/C
Am
F7+
G
Am7/4 G/B
Such an empty surprise
to feel so alone
C
Now for me,
Dm
Compared
C
You never
Dm
Maybe the

G
F
C/E
some words come easy
but I know that they don't mean that much
Am
G
F
with the things that are said when lovers touch
G
F
C/E
knew what I loved in you
I don't know what you loved in me
Am
G
F
C
picture of somebody you were hoping I might be

Am
G
G/F
Em
Awake again, I can't pretend
and I know Im alone
Dm
F7+/C
Am
F7+
G
Am7/4
G/B C Csus/D C5/E
And close to the end
of the feeling we've known
F
C/E
How long have I been sleeping
Dm
Am
G
F
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
C/G
G7sus
How long have I been dreaming I could make it right
C/G
F
Am
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
to be the one you need
Solo
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|Dm
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G
G

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|F C/E

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Dm |C

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G6
Am
G
G/F
Em
Awake again, I can't pretend
and I know I am alone
Dm
F7+/C
Am
F7+
G
Am7/4
And close to the end
of the feeling we've known
F
C/E
How long have I been sleeping
Dm
Am
G
F
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
F
C/G
G7sus
How long have I been running for that morning flight
C/G
F
Through the whispered promises in the changing light
C
G
C
Bb/C
Of the bed where we both lie
Late for the sky

G/B

C Csus/D C5/E

rep & fade

C/E

[032010]

C7+/E

[032000]

G/F

[120003]

F7+/C

[x33210]

Am7/4

[x05535]

Csus/D [XX0011]
C5/E

[XX2013]

C/G

[3x2010]

G7sus

[320011]

G6

[320000]

Bb/C

[x3333x]

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