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C (run1)
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C (run2)
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A                     C#m     
sun just clearing the treeline 
Bm             A(fill)
when my day begins.
A                     C#m
slippery ice on the bridges,
Bm                         A(fill)
northeastern wind coming in.

you will bruise my head,
I will strike your heel.
drive past woods of northern pine,
try not to let go of the wheel.

         C
dream at night
C (run1)             A
girl with a cobra tattoo 
       C
on her arm,
C (run2)                         A
it's head flaring out like a parachute.

A C#m B#m A(fill) x2

prisms in the dew drops
in the underbrush
skatecase sailor's purses floating
down in the black needlerush

higher than the stars
I will set my throne.
God does not need Abraham,
God can raise children from stones.

dream at night
girl with a cobra tattoo
and try to hear
C (run1)                       A
the garbled transmissions come through.