Clifton Springs chords

Clifton Springs

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Intro:
 
D           A 
La da da da da da 
Bm          F#m 
La da da da da da 
Bm        F#m       Bm        A 
La da da, la da da, la da da, la da da 
D           A 
La da da da da da, 
Bm          F#m 
La da da da da da 
G        D         A        D 
La da da da da da, La da da da 

Verse 1
 
(D)        A 
I was born old 
       Bm           F#m 
I grew up but I got younger 
       Bm       F#m 
I was torn, and cold 
        Bm                    A 
Now I?m fine but there?s this hunger 
      G               A 
And a thirst for the days 
       D           F#m 
Before I went and razed it all 
G   A   D 
To the ground 

Verse 2
 
Got a job, found God 
I did everything they told me 
Spoiled the child, spared the rod 
And found someone new to hold me 
Though the love?s not as real 
As what I used to feel when it 
All went wrong 


D           A 
La da da da da da, 
Bm          F#m 
La da da da da da 
G        D         A        D 
La da da da da da, La da da da 

Verse 3 

She was young, not scared - she was everything I wanted 
I was dumb, unprepared - had no idea that I was haunted 
By the ghosts of a life the night I hid the knives 
And it all went wrong 

Verse 4
 
It?s an old wound, but it opened in a new way 
In a rest room in a rest stop on the thruway 
She calls up her parents 
And admits with embarrassment 
        Bm 
She was wrong 

Bridge: 
G                A 
Speaking of your mother 
Bm             A7 
This is how it goes: 
         G               A 
When the world gets you down 
     Bm 
I suppose 
Gm          A7             Bm 
You can fly away somewhere else 
G           A 
Of your own volition 
Bm          A7 
Of your own accord 
            G                A 
When you?re sad, when you?re angry 
            Bm 
When you?re bored, 
       Gm               A7           Bm 
You?ve got to do what?s best for yourself 
G        A           D            Bm 
Ooo ooo ooooo ooo oo oo oo oo oo oo 
G           A 
La da da da dum 

Verse 5
 
I awoke; you were gone 
There was nothing left to hold onto 
I was blind, I was wrong 
But I could find you if I want to 
So I fly to the coast where 
The boys you love most 
Sing into your eyes 

Verse 6
 
I was lost, now I?m found 
I can see, but miss the blindness 
Here?s my cross; pound 
It?s your mouth, your kiss, your kindness 
My stigmata?s the regret for how 
I could have let it all 
Go so wrong 

Bridge 2
 
          G           A 
I?m going back to the place 
            D             A 
Where they laughed in my face 
        G   A 
When it all went 
D   Bm 
All went 
G   A    Bm 
All went wrong 
       G   A 
Yes it all went - 
       D            Bm 
Isn?t this what you wanted, darling? 
G   A 
All went... 

Chorus  

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