In Honor of You (George) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
How [Esus4]can I go on wh[D]en[Esus4]
every thought hurts
I flirt with the notion of no more songs
My [D]old familiar [Esus4]foe,
self pity, [D]haunts me
[Esus4]I'm stuck[F#sus4][F#m][Asus2][F#m][E]
in some over-the-mountain town
town
town
In [Am]a mean[Esus4]ingless bar where fat hands
[E]Round the steiners
And no [F#m]one ca[G]res if it sun
[Fdim]s or pou[F#m]rs[E]
In [G]an hour between [Dm]trains[Esus4]
[E]Barney [Ddim]puts the record on
And the aim[D]less [F#m]rise to
[G]dance[Dm][A]
Embrace [Ebdim]me, my sweet[E][F#m]
embrace[Em]able you[E][Bbdim][Bbm]
I see [Bbdim]you, George, in your
[Eb]Apartment on Riverside [Ab]Drive
Some [Cm]fifty years [Fm]ago
[Ab]Your fin g[Cdim]ers on the keys[D]
Looking for [C]the song
Looking for that [G]hook
[Bm]Embrace [E]me, you irre[A]place
[Bm]able [Cdim]you[A][Bb]
Who were you [Ebsus4]then?
[Eb]Did you [Fsus4]have a woman[Gsus4]?
[G]Wer[Gsus4]e you har[Gm]d up for [Dm]cash?
Did you ever know you'd be
[Em]heard in
The middle [C]distance
In [F]some over-the-mountain town?
town?
[G]town?[Gsus4]
[G]Connect[Am] ing to the muscles of the danc[Ab]ers
In this [G]close [Gsus4]an[G]
d smoky [C]room[Am]
[Adim]Who

[Verse 2]
[G#m]were you then?
[C#m]Were you sure of your tune?
Or [Em]were your dreams and your [G#m]courage all broken [F#]down
[F#sus4]like mine?[Bm][Fdim][C#][E#dim]
[C#][D#][D#m]
Now there's something
[Bb]that clutches [Ab]the [Fm]heart
[Eb]A me[Bb]lody that[Bbsus4]
[Bb]stays
[Gm][Eb][Gb]

[Verse 3]
[Cb]
Year after year
[Cm]I love all t[Fsus4]he many [F]charms[Bb]
about [Cm]you[Dbdim][Fsus4]
[Fm]Above [Ab]all I want my arm[Bb]s[Eb]
[Fsus4]around yo[Eb]u[Cm]
I'm already late for my [G]train[Cm]
But I don't think about that
I think of you, George
[F]At your piano,
sweat[Eb]ing in the [Cm]summer h[G]eat[F]

[Verse 4]
By [F]the way, did you get your [G]girl,[Bdim]
[Dm]Did you [G]by your [Dm]house in the country?
[G]Did you[Bdim] wait for something
that never [Bm]came?
[Dbm]Did you die still waiting for
your [G#m]train?[E][Ab]
[Fm]Don't be [Bbm]a naughty [Gdim]baby,
[C]com[Fm]e to mama
Come [Ab]to mama d[Daug]o
[Ab][Daug]

[Verse 5]
[Ab][Bbm]
[Db]Some [Bbm]part of y[Eb]our h[Fsus4]eart
[Eb]twists and turns [Ab]in mine
[Eb]Your soul [Bbm]rises[Cm]
There's an an[Eb]gel in [Cm]charge
There's one note that
weep[Gm]s the truth
And makes [Fm]my life mean s[Ab]omething
Just for the length of
[Db]

[Verse 6]
[Cm]
Embrace [F]me, my [Bb]sweet
embrace[Dbdim]able you[Bb][Fm]
Embrace me,
[Bb]you irreplac[Eb]eable you[Cm]
Don't be [Ab]a naughty [Abdim]baby,
[G]com[Cm]e to [F]mama,
Come to mama do
[Ab][Abm]

[Verse 7]
[Abm]I will go home[Ebm], I wi[Daug]ll try again
[Gb]I will catch the train
Catch [B]another breath
Move [Gb]back to [Abm]the piano and
Let the notes [Gbsus4]do what they'll do[Gb]
In hon[B]or of [Dbm]you, G[B]eorge
[Bbm]In honor [Bbdim]of you[Eb]

[Outro 1]
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[E][Ebsus4][Ebm][Dbm][Bbm][Eb]
[Abm][Eb][Gbsus4]
[Cb][Gb][Cb][Ebm][E][Ebm]
[Dbm][Bbdim][Gb][Eb][Abm][Gaug]
[Gb][Cb][E][Abm]
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