John Frusciante - Past Recedes

john frusciante – the past recedes
from the album “curtains”
enjoy!

intro :

G – D – Am – Em ( 3x )
G – D – Am ( stop )

verse 1
G D Am Em
and then the past recedes
G D Am Em
and i won’t be involved
G D Am Em
the effort to be free
G D Am
seems pointless from above

verse 2 :
G D Am Em
you’re looking down at me
G D Am Em
i’d rather stay below
G D Am Em
than have you staring up at me
G D Am Bsus – B ( you can just use B , works fine )
there’s no where i want to go

chorus 1 :
C D#dim7 Em D
ay , this business of how long we try to stay alive
C D#dim7 Em
why to be here you’ve first got to die
D
so i gave it a try
C Em7
and what do you know
Am B
time was so long ago

verse 3
G D Am Em
and thinks come back you see
G D Am Em
to where they don’t belong
G D Am Em
and every drop of sea
G D Am Bsus – B ( same thing )
is the whole ocean

chorus 2 :
C D#dim7
i lied to the greatest thieves
Em D
about anything and everything
C D#dim7 Em
i’m a figure of forgotten speech
D
i’m out of reach
C Em7
oh , i can’t play it safe
Am B
but i might just in case

adlib : ( do intro chords then on the 4th time G – D – Am – B )

chorus 3
C D#dim7 Em
oh , i’m disguised as a reaching hand
D
i’m a working man
C D#dim7
i don’t understand why clockout
Em D
comes so slow every time
C Em7 Am
that’s one line i stay right behind
C Em7 Am B . . .
that’s one line i stay right behind

yeah . . .

do intro chords 3x then 4th time G – D – Am – B

outro :
G

notes :
D#dim7 – x6757

x – bootyman