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(formerly known as "Spalding Gray is Missing")
the flicker of the tv and a long forgotten memory
are the only things you'll ever leave behind
the dust that's on the floor, there's noone at your door
now tell me, do you really think you're free?
the war is done, my friend, you fought until the end
you threw your white flag down
morning, noon and night, you always seemed to lose the fight
spalding, where the hell are you?
you say that the grasses are greener and everything's cleaner on their shores
today is the day where you're going to swim to cambodia
you once were lit ablaze with the fire of your younger days
you blinded everyone you met
you never were the same, since dublin's night consumed your flame
and stole the matches from your pocket
the hudson's freezing, but your braincells keep on squeezing 'round the
thought that you must swim away today
from the staten island ferry on the coldest night in january
it's cambodia or bust
you once had feared the man who held you in his hand
and controlled you when you sleep
but now the end's your friend, you're reaching to extend
your white flag to the sky you once had cursed
the sun is sinking and your frozen eyes are blinking
at the cold atlantic nothingness ahead
you take a deep sigh as you wave a passing goodbye
and you set your course and swim away
you say that the grasses are greener and everything's cleaner on their shores
today is the day where you're going to swim to cambodia
Tablature
Tuning: DADGAD, but down a whole step (so, CGCAGC)
The fingerpicking pattern of the song is like this, with T = Thumb,
M = Middle finger, I = Index finger:
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--M---M---
----I---I-
---T---T--
-T---T----
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Intro: x1330x x2450x x3550x x4760x
Verse:
Flicker.. long forgotten.. only thing.. behind
0x800x 0x700x 0x808x 0x708x 0x707x
Dust that's.. noone.. tell me.. free..
0x800x 0x700x 9 x 9 10 0 x 8x890x
War is.. fought until.. threw your white flag down
0x800x 0x700x 0x808x 0x(10)00x 0x(12)(10)(12)x
Morning.. always.. Spalding.. are you..
0x(12)(12)(13)x 0x(12)(10)(12)x 8x870x 7x760x 7x76x0
Chorus: x1330x 0x320x x1330x 1x330x
Post-Chorus 1: 0x320x 0x530x
Solo: 1x330x 3x550x 5x030x
Played LiveFull Statistics
Played at 8 out of
180 shows
since introduction (4%)
Played at 5 out of 60 non-open mic shows since introduction (8%)
There have been 16 show(s) since the last play.
Played at 5 out of 60 non-open mic shows since introduction (8%)
There have been 16 show(s) since the last play.
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