Great Lake Swimmers - To Leave It Behind

capo on seventh fret

chords used :
C – x32010
G – 32000x ( sometimes 32003x – just listen for it )
Gadd4/B – x2001x ( abbreviated as G/B )
Am7 – x02010
F – 133211
C7 – x32310

* after every Am7 chord , hit the D note ( third fret , B string ) and then walk the
bass down from A ( open a string ) to G ( third fret , low E ) into the F chord .

( intro bounces between C and G , then sits on G for all eternity )

C G
when we were greened and young as shoots
C G/B Am7
the world took off beneath our boots
F G
oh we were picked when we were young
C G . . . . .
gentle words and modesty
C G
when we turned towards the tide
C G/B Am7
choirs screamed in their delight
F G
oh i Am ripe and ready now
C G/B Am7
my heart is heavy , it’s going to fall
F G C C7
out of my body
F G
unto love , unto love
C G/B Am7
oh my heart is heavy , it’s going to fall
F G C . . . .
out of my body
C G
would have died without
C G/B Am7
your gardens of eternal life
F G C . . . . .
that you kept so well , kept so well
C G
could have lived without
C G/B Am7
the fall into the tragedy
F G
but i’m not adam , and you’re not eve
C G/B Am7
they were brave enough to leave
F G C C7
when they were told , leave it behind
F G
leave it behind , it behind
C G/B Am7
they were brave enough to leave
F G C . . . .
when they were told , leave it behind

( interlude )
C G
C G/B Am7
F G C C7

F G
leave it behind , it behind
C G/B Am7
they were brave enough to leave
F G C . . . . .
when they were told , leave it behind

( outro bounces between C and G , and ends on C )