Steven Page - Clifton springs
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The other version of this tab had quite a few mistakes, so here it is again with corrections, 99% sure this
is just as it is played on the album. Enjoy!
Standard tuning
No capo (although, I find the recording is in quite a low key so I like to play it with a capo on the third
or fourth fret)
Chords are played as follows:
D: xx0232
A: x02220
Bm: x24432
F#m: 244222
G: 320033 or 320003
E: 022100
B7: x24242
INTRO
DLa da da da Adum ba da
BmLa da da da F#mdum ba da
GBa da da, Dba da da, Gba da da, bAa da da
DLa da da da Adum ba da,
BmLa da da da F#mdum ba da
GBa da da, DBa da ya, ABa da aa Dda
VERSE 1
(D) D A
I was born old
I grew Bmup but I got F#myounger
I was Bmtorn, and F#mcold
Now I’Bmm fine but there’s tAhis hunger
And a Gthirst for the Adays
Before DI went and Erazed it all
GTo Athe Dground
VERSE 2
(D) D A
Got a job, found God
I did Bmeverything they F#mtold me
Spoiled the Bmchild, spared the F#mrod
And found Bmsomeone new to Ahold me
Though the Glove’s not aAs real
As what DI used to Efeel when it
GAll Awent Dwrong
INSTRUMENTAL
DLa da da da Adum ba da,
BmLa da da da F#mdum ba da
GBa da da, DBa da ya, ABa da aa Dda
VERSE 3
(D) D A
She was young, not scared
She was Bmeverything I F#mwanted
I was Bmdumb, unpreF#mpared
Had no Bmidea that I was Ahaunted
By the Gghosts of a Alife the night DI hid the Eknives
And it Gall Awent Dwrong
VERSE 4
(D) D A Bm F#m
It’s an old wound, but it opened in a new way
In a Bmrest F#mroom in a Bmrest stop on the Athruway
So she Gcalls up her Aparents
And aDdmits with emEbarrassment
GShe wAas Bmwrong
BRIDGE
GSpeaking of your Amother
DThis is how it B7goes:
When the Emworld gets you Adown
I supBmpose
B7You can fly away somewhere Gelse
(G) A
Of your own volition
DOf your own acB7cord
When you’rEme sad, when you??A?re angry
When you’rBme bored,
You’vB7e got to do what’s best for Gyourself
(G) A D B7
Ooo ooo ooooo ooo oo oo oo oo oo oo
GLa da da da Adum
VERSE 5
I aDwoke; you were Agone
There was Bmnothing left to hoF#mld onto
I was Bmblind, I was F#mwrong
But I could Bmfind you if I Awant to
So I Gfly to the Acoast where
The Dboys you love Emost
Sing inGto yAour Deyes
VERSE 6
(D) D A
I was lost, now I’m found
I can Bmsee, but miss the F#mblindness
Here’s mBmy crossF#m; pound
It’s youBmr mouth, your kiss, youAr kindness
My stigGmata’s the Aregret for how
DI could have Elet it all / GGo Aso Bmwrong
OUTRO
I’m goinGg back to thAe place
Where they Dlaughed in my Eface
When it aGll wAent / DAllBm went / GAll wAent wrBmong
Yes, it Gall Awent -
Isn’Dt this what yoBmu wanted, darling?
GAll Awent...
INSTRUMENTAL