The Past Recedes - John Frusciante | Guitar Chords

[Intro]
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G | D | Am | Em | G | D | Am | Em 
G | D | Am | Em | G | D | Am 

[Verse 1]
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G         D          Am
 And then the past recedes
Em G      D          Am
    and I won't be involved
Em G     D           Am
    The effort to be free
Em G           D          Am
    Seems pointless from above
G          D            Am
 You're looking down at me
Em G      D           Am
    I'd rather stay below
Em     G           D          Am
  Than have you staring up at me
Em G             D         Am B
    It's nowhere I want to go

[Chorus (1)]
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C          D#dim7        Em             D
Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive
C        D#dim7               Em
Why to be      here you first got to die
     D
so I gave it a try
    C               G
And what do you know
                 Am B
Time was so long ago

[Verse 2]
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G           D             Am
 And things come back you see
Em G         D            Am
    To where they don't belong
Em G       D          Am Em G   D          Am  B
    and every drop of sea    is the whole ocean

[Chorus (2)]
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  C               D#dim7
I lied to the greatest thieves
      Em           D
about anything and everything
C       D#dim7     Em
I'm a figure of forgotten speech
    D
I'm out of reach
C                  G
I can't pla it safe
                Am       B
But I might just  in case

[Solo]
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G | D | Am | Em | G | D | Am | Em 
G | D | Am | Em | G | D | Am | B  

[Chorus (3)]
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C      D#dim7      Em
I'm disguised as a reaching hand
      D
I'm a working man
  C               D#dim7
I don't understand      why clockout
Em           D
come so slow everytime
       C              G            Am
That's one line I stay right behind
       C              G            Am B
That's one line I stay right behind

[Outro]
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G | D | Am | Em | G | D | Am | Em