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A Billion Bees

Artist: Kevin Devine
Song: A Billion Bees
Album: Put Your Ghost to Rest
Tabbed by: Dave Kiss


Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Capo: First Fret
.=PALM MUTE
x=MUTE STRING
/=SLIDE
*=HARMONIC
~=LET RING

All notes are relative to the capo placement.
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i found you grieving in the grass
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the sky bled water colored blue
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you seemed so simple sure and sad
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so i sat down to grieve with you
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you raised your hand to shield your eyes
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i shifted left to block the sun
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you crossed your legs and cleared your throat
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i waited for your words to come
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but they slept soundly in your chest
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they never made it past your tongue
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so we sat silently and still
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and thought about things we'd done
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and all the people that we'd loved
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and all the people that we'd wronged
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i watched the years flash through your face
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and i locked my anger in my lungs
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so every breath stung more and more
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a wave of whips across my spine
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a billion bees trapped in my chest
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nails on a chalkboard every time
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'til i watched your fingers sneak towards mine
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i heard your breath go thin and short
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i tucked your hair behind you ears
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and i watched your eyes dart back and forth
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and i sucked your lip and bit your neck
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the trees were shaking at their roots
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my angry arms felt cool and calm
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and my cotton mouth was well with you
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so we lay glowing in the grass
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to watch the sun swap with the moon
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to trade our future for our past
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the present tense was all we knew
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D|-----2-----------2----------2~---|
A|--0-----0-----0-----0-------2~---|
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