Where A Boy Once Stood Cifras

WHERE A BOY ONCE STOOD
As recorded by Shakey Graves
(From the 2017 Album THE MAN FROM TAURED)
 
 
 
[Intro]
Am    F#m   E
Am
 
 
[Verse 1]
Am
I got a stick and a bed in the rye
Am
Give me the chance, I’ll be there by your side
       Dm                     F#m    Am
It’s a long cold country with nobody home
F                                                    E
If you want to face it you can face it alone or with me
 
 
[Verse 2]
                 Am
Yeah, but if you don’t watch me closely I'll flee to the wood
Am
Leave a gap in your heart where a boy once stood
       Dm      F#m
Cut it off but still it grows
F                                                 E
Back in all the places you don’t want it show the most
 
 
[Interlude]
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Am
 
 
[Verse 3]
          Am
If you’re still having trouble, go call up your priest
Am
Tell him there’s some fella giving you grief
          Gm
It’s that lanky old loner on the outskirts of town
Fm                                    E
Telling you lies and wearing you down
          Am
And if he can’t help, you go call the judge
Am
Tell him you’re afraid you’ve fallen in love
        F#m
There’s nowhere to go but down from here
        Fm                             E
So come along, baby, we got nothing to fear
 
 
[Bridge]
D N.C.
I forgot her
N.C.
Moment that I saw her
Am
Scream and shout and wake the silent mountains
     D                 F#m
It’s perfect at large, perfect at large
Fm                            Dm
Perfect at large with nothing to do
               F#m
When no one at all, no one at all
F                              E
No one at all is searching for you
 
 
[Outro]
F F# G G# A A# B
C D E     A G   N.C.
Am    F#m  F  F#m Am
F E  N.C.  E  D B
Am   N.C. Am
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