Passing Afternoon Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]There are times that walk from [D]you
Like [G]some passing [C]afternoon
[G]Summer warmed the open
window [C]of her [D]honeymoon
And she [C]chose a yard to [D]burn
But the [G]ground remembers [C]her
[G]Wooden spoons, her [D]children [G]stir
[C]Her [G]Bougainvillea [D]blooms

[Verse 2]
There [C]are things that drift [D]away
[C]Like our [G]endless, numbered [C]days
[G]Autumn blew [D]the quilt right off
the [C]perfect bed she [D]made
And she's [C]chosen to be[D]lieve
In the [G]hymns her mother [C]sings
[G]Sunday pulls its [D]children from the
[C]piles of fallen [D]leaves

[Verse 3]
There [C]are sailing ships that [D]pass
All our [G]bodies in [C]the grass
[G]Springtime calls her [D]children
Until she [C]let's them go at [D]last
And she's [C]chosen where to [D]be
Though she's [G]lost her
[C]wedding ring
[G]Somewhere near her [D]misplaced jar
Of [C]Bougainvillea seeds

[Verse 4]
[D]There are[C] things we can't rec[D]all
Blind as [G]night that finds us [C]all
[G]Winter tucks her [D]children in
Her [C]fragile China [D]dolls
But my [C]hands remember [D]hers
Rolling [G]around the shaded [C]ferns
[G]Naked arms, [D]her secrets still
Like [C]songs I'd never [D]learned

[Verse 5]
There are [C]names across the [D]sea
Only [G]now I do [C]believe
[G]Sometimes, with the [D]windows closed
She'll [C]sit and think of [D]me
But she'll [C]mend his tattered [D]clothes
And they'll [G]kiss as if they know
[C]A b[G]aby sleeps in all o[D]ur bones
So [C]scared to be alone

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