(song-in-progress DGBE tuning for Baritone Ukulele or Tenor Guitar)
D/You’re afraid of getting
G/What you want
Dm/So you push me Am/away
D/You grind your jaw
G/Like broken glass
Am/Leading my heart G/astray
chorus:
F/You’ve put me on a E7/tightrope
Am/Be careful what you G/say
F/Without a balancing E7/rod
C/I’ll hit the ground Am/one day
D/I don’t know how
G/To show you
Dm/We belong as Am/one
D/Why’re you so scared
G/Of love
Am/Arctic as the midnight G/sun
chorus:
F/You’ve put me on a E7/tightrope
Am/Be careful what you G/say
F/Without a balancing E7/rod
C/I’ll hit the ground Am/one day
D/Your words freeze
G/My heart
Dm/It drops down to my Am/knees
D/Losing my eloquence
G/Merely stiltiloquence
Am/Off the roller coaster G/please
chorus:
F/You’ve put me on a E7/tightrope
Am/Be careful what you G/say
F/Without a balancing E7/rod
C/I’ll hit the ground Am/one day
C/Hit the ground Am/one day
C/Slam right into it Am/one day…
(c) 2019 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Flamingo Love in the Dirt