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Early Spring

This is a playable, but not totally accurate version using 
power chords at the 10th, 8th, and 7th frets. Maybe someone can
figure out a better way with this as a starting point.

Intro/Between Verses: G-G-F-F-D#-F-D#-C x2

G                     F
the pictures that you paint
           C                  C
aren't as pretty as they once seemed to me
       G         F                        C           C
and the coffee's bitter because it's been boiling too long
       G          F
and the jokes you tell
           C                 C             
aren't as funny as they once seemed to me
        G          F        C          C
and the songs you sing are just plain hackneyed
         C           A#       G        C      
but the stars shine down on all god's children
         C   A#          G             C 
and the sun sets on the good and on the evil
    C A# G C  
and i know you
    C A# G C
and i know you

the throbbing flowers outside i get it
and the paint peeling from the bathroom wall
and the smile on your face is alive
and the smile on your face is real pretty
and the sun shines down on all god's children
and the stars burn for the good and the evil
and i know you
and i know you

~tabbed by Nick Covolo