Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 10:42:49 -0400 From: "Daniel S. Fisher" <WetStone@compuserve.com> Subject: s/sixpence_none_the_richer/the_lines_of_my_earth.crd Title: The Lines of My Earth By: Sixpence None the Richer (words & music by Matt Slocum) From: (self-titled) 1997 6/8 CHORDS FORMS USED: Dm G Gm C F F/E Csus4 Bb Bbm6 5x----- 3------ 3------ 3x----- 3x----- 3x----- 3x----- 6------ 5-x---- |o|||o o|||oo o||ooo |o|||o |||o|o |||o|o |o|||o o|||oo ||o||| ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ||||o| |||o|| |||||| |||||| ||||o| ||||o| |||||| |||o|| o||ooo ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ||oo|| |oo||| |oo||| ||ooo| ||o||| |oo||| ||oo|| |oo||| |||||| ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |o|||| |||||| ||||o| |||||| |||||| INTRO:

|^Dm/ / / / / /|^G/ / / / / / :|| [repeat]

VERSES:

1. ^Dm The lines of my ^Gmearth, ^C so brittle, un^Ffertile and ^F/Eready to ^Dmdie 2. It should be our time, this fertile youth's black soil is ready for rain

I need a ^Gdrink but the well has gone ^Cdry ^Csus4 ^C the harvest is nigh, but the well has gone dry

^Dm And we in the ^Gmhabit of ^C saying the ^Fsame things all ^F/Eover a^Dmgain And they in the habit of saying the same things all over again

for the ^Gmoney we shall ^Cmake about the money we shall make

CHORUS:

This is the ^Gmlast song that I ^Bbwrite 'til you ^Ftell me ^F/E other^Dmwise ^C ^G Bb F (F#) and it's because I just don't feel it

^Gm This is the ^Bblast song 'til you ^Ftell me ^F/E other^Dmwise F (F#) Gm Bbm6 Dm...

and it's because I just don't feel it ...any more [go to VERSE 1 after first CHORUS] [after second CHORUS repeat INTRO during solo] [after solo repeat CHORUS for a third time] [after third CHORUS, repeat INTRO during second solo]

Sixpence None the Richer - The lines of my earth