Stephen Stills - Thoroughfare gap
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From KrisNDave@aol.com Sun May 4 10:06:36 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:36:58 -0500 (EST)
From: KrisNDave@aol.com
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Thoroughfare Gap by Stephen Stills
Thoroughfare Gap
by Stephen Stills
(Intro: G C G D G C G D)
SometiGmes I Consider My PacCe G
I'm RemindedD Of A Train GatherinGg Speed C
For The Climb GTo The Pass D
In Whose Shadow IGt All Really Lies C
A SmGall Metal Wagon ApDproaching G
The EveCr Present Ascending RGise D
To The Southern Mountains G C G D
GReeling And Snaking CAnd Leaping G
It SDeems Like It Wants ToG Come Loose C
>From Its PaGth Cast In Iron D
But She Can't GSlow Down Now C
As The EarthG Has Presented D
A NewG Crest To Reach C
Without Barely GA Rest D
>From The Last GOne C G D
And You Wonder JGust What Lies BeyondC G
Though You've Been There BDefore G
And Forget AbCout The Effort And The GStrain D
GAlways AscendingC
Each YardG Adds A Mile D
To The Never-Gending Pull C
Of The SteepGening Grade D
That's Before YoGu C G D G C G D
G C G D
A Valley, A Forest, A Desert, A Stream
With An OversizeGd Bridge C
For The TricklGe There Beneath D
You Remember GThe Torrent C
It TuGrned To Last Spring D
>From The SnowGs Melting Fast C
And The River IGt Became D
In The SummGer C G D
PerhGaps It Is RuinedC
>From A FireG That Has Scorched IDt
So BadGly That Nothing C
Will GroGw Without Rain D
To WasGh Away The Blackened SoilC
Now UseleGss Till Called UpoDn Again G
In A FutuCre As Twisted AnGd Far Away D
As The Next Range Of MouGntains C G D
So TakGe It As Far AsC You See G
And Beyond D
GWith Eyes You Don't Use Enough C
GGather Up StrengDth
As ThoGroughfare Gap C
Will Await GYou Forever D
GYou're Seeking To Get There C
GFor Even BeforDe
It's No MatteCr
DNo Distance
GIt's The Ride C G Gsus4 G
from the Stephen Stills album, "Thoroughfare Gap" (1978) and the "CSN Boxed
Set"(1991)
Submitted by David L'Heureux
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