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Spirit of the Day

by Hold on Photon

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Am I'm sorry your mother F C was a useless alcoholic Am When she became pregnant F C we all cautiously thought this Dm F Would give her a reason to wise up C and finally live Dm maybe not get arrested F C maybe learn what a miracle is Am F a kid cannot know if his mother C has any sense Am She does what she does F C until she did what she did Dm F She'll never see you through the bottom C of that glass Dm F And you're C growin up fast (then tap chords twice) Am there's a carnival ride F C out on the edge of town Am Just two paper tickets F C and you get to ride around Dm in a big shiny ball F C that blurs everything that goes past Dm F there might be a line if it's good C but lines never last Dm F step right up little man C you're growin' up fast (tap chords twice) Am Some stories have edits F C I once heard people can change Am F to not ruin another life C with their terrible ways Dm Maybe things can get better F C Maybe it won't be that bad Dm F But you're almost a year old C And growin up fast
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capo 1 G //// She was... C ////////////G an A.M. radio angel G //// and i felt ////////C //// G like a dixie dream in egypt D //// boredom through the pain Em/// C/// there were no links in the chain G D there was nothin' there G to keep us G //// Just when C //// ////////G it started getting weird G //// C woke up one day ////////C //// G and we were appalled D //// when we got down to it Em/// C/// I mean right down to it G D we could not make sense of anything G at all C It's the same old thing G keeps me entertained C D aa A a G It's the same old thing Bm / C / G / delusion is like anything we collect along the way Bm / C/ D / throw it out and you'll need it the next day C It's the same old thing G keeps me entertained C D aa A a G It's the same old thing SOLO Am / Bm / C / D / G
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capo 1 --------- ---0--0----1--1-------- ----0-------0-------- --0--0----2--2--------- -0-------3----------- --------- **************************** C People are talkin Am F C like they always do C the world's favorite number Am F C has always been two Am F C and I can't argue with it now F G C oh I've got a blue hearted gal C Am at close range no one's normal F C but we've got collective hope C Am which of those matters most F C we may never know Am F C and the rules are measured by how much they allow F G C when you've got a blue hearted gal C E7 Am G F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ she's got a smile that makes everybody do the same C E7 Am G F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ she's got a smile that makes everybody do the same
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---11-----11-14-11--11---7-9-7---7-9/11/9-7-- /12--12-14--------14----9-9---9-7-7----------- -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- D / D / E / G / // A / G / A / G / D d dsus d dsus d h5 2 G riffs --------/------------- 2-0---0-/----0-2-0-------- ----2---/-0h2------------ --------/------------ (A)---------------- ---2h4-x-4p2--------------- (G) (D) ----------2------------------ 4-2-------3-------------------- ----4-2-0-2--------------------- (D)Sunrise at 6:05 (D)take another slow look (E)around(G) (D)I've been tryin' to wake up (D)and i've almost got it (E)down(G) (A)Please, tell me somethin (G)please tell me somethin now (A)first thing in the mornin' (G)for cryin' out loud (G to D riff) then D riff x2 I got some bad advice My brain suggested to my mouth I've been thinkin all about it You can speak confidently now (A)I hear your heartbeat (G)clear as a bell somehow (A)Reach down here and save me (G)for cryin, out loud (G to D riff) then D riff x2 Solo over D riff x2 E/G into (A) (A)the iron in your heart is the (G)same that's in the stars (A)that vast emptiness yet somehow here we are (G to D riff) then D riff x2 (A)I've got a feeling (G)Can you really feel it (A)I've got a feeling (G)Can you really feel it (G to D riff) then D riff x2
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E / A E / A E A I can't trust my brain E it lies to me A Keeps on repeating E just not remembering B A the planets get closer B /C#m/B/ A while stars fade B A~ and we're a dim lamp (riffdown) E in a.....cosmic arcade --2---------------------- -4--4-2--------------------- --------4-0~---------------- 9 11 9 11 E A We're stuck to a rock E that floats through space A yet we still argue E over where to eat today B A we're always winning B /C#m/B/ A the games we play B A~ still we're a dim lamp (riffdown) E in a...cosmic arcade E A Quantam mechanics is like Photoshop E see all the pixels E then zoom out and stop B A cause things look better B /C#m/B/ A with just our eyes B A~ you zoom in too close (riffdown) E logic won't survive
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you can make a violin you can master life you can change the world if you can find a wife You can work all day You can quit and fish You can just ignore what you don't agree with You can fall in or out of love ain't that enough You can fall off the top of the food chain You can wine and dine You can be distracted all the time you can speak for god you can find a fortune you can know the future if that's important You can fall in or out of love ain't that enough You could get lost You could lucky You could get better if you study you can ask them why or accept what is You can know the future and still enjoy it You can fall in or out of love ain't that enough
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On Parade 03:47
G = 3x0003 G+ = 3x1003 G6 = 3x2003 G7 = 3x3003 Cmaj7 = x32000 / G = 3x0003 x3545x / Cm = x35543 / G Round the room they roll Like little things of gold and the breeze Was a pleasant tune time glides like a dream through everything and the navy blue feeling is strange I know things will change honey i'm on parade Constantly reminded That I'm horribly average But then I meet real people And don't feel so bad about it We've all got our problems But we're not all victims it's the light in here that makes us all the same honey i'm on parade seen highs right after lows Holy roller coaster mama don't you know oh you know the only way to learn is to make mistakes now I appreciate every one I made Honey, I'm on parade Honey, I'm on parade
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Just Pretend 02:58
Start on open d note ------1----1---1-------------------------/--------------------------- --------3---3---3---------1--1--1--------/-------3-3-3-----------1-1--- -0-2------2--2---2-2-220---2--2--2-0-2---/--------3-3-3-----------2-2--- 3---0--------------------3--3--3--3----0-/-3-330---3-3-3-3-33-0-3--3-3-- -----------------------------------------/------1-------------------- -----------------------------------------/-------------------------- (Dm)If time began when matter started(F)movin (Dm)we were on the playground you had the loose(F)end of a monkey bar, you were makin it bend it wasn't long ago it was just pretend made it to high school, clothes, cars and music we had everything and no idea what we were doin maybe they'll listen if I talk like them anything goes, when you're makin friends followed the instructions, got our degrees shiny shoes and haircuts , proof that we can read bookbag to briefcase , pretty big difference but we'll fit right in if we just pretend ------------------------------------ -------------------------1--3-x0------- -------------------------0--2-x0-2------ -------------------------2--3-x0-3---- ---3----3---3----3----3--3--1-x0-3--- 0h1--0h1-0h1--0h1--0h1-----------1---- take a step back see it all at once how can we assume this is serious They think they know Do you remember when We were flyin trapeze Till they called us in --8---5--h8-3--1------------------------------------- --10--6h8---5--3------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- -/8--\5----\3-\1--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________
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Bb / A / 0 / F / F 0 0 0 ----------------------- ---3/1-----------3/5/3- 3/5-------------------- F / C / G / F / c / G / F some turnaround back to Bb -----------------333-1-0------- -------------------------------- 2p0h2-------------------------- ----------0-2-0-------------- ---------------3--------- ------------------------- -0-0------0--------0-------2------ -3-6----3--3-3---6--6------3--------- -2-5---2-2--2---5-5--5-----3---------- -3-6--3--------6-------6/1-1--------- As we age, we get urgent to explain the best we can life as a zoo in a jungle we control what we don't understand most people are morons that includes me and you monkeys with guns and money all is fair until we lose the spirit of the day is complete distraction from what you ask stay tuned and see what happens I've been high and low and now I'm not so worried about it the more you earn the less you have to pay the more learn the less there is to say spirit of the day is complete distraction from what you ask stay tuned and see what happens i've been high and low and now i'm not so worried about it
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Today 03:12
Beat snaps* on 2/4 ------------------------------ ---0-2-3-------------------- -3---------------------------- C / Em / F / C Well I heard you had a shitfit C / Em / F / Bb and i'm glad I wasn't there C / Em / F / C there there's no one else like you F G C otherwise I wouldn't care C / Em / F / C somewhere there's a monkey laughing C / Em / F / Bb in lament for our condition C / Em / F / C we spin round and round with our feet on grounds F G C that are beyond comprehension F G C well beyond comprehension G F C If today has been an slapfight G F C and it made you tired of life G F C F~~ the good thing is remember G C today won't happen twice C / Em / F / C and perfection is a gamble C / Em / F / Bb on this naive reality C / Em / F / C we are looking through tunnels F G C screaming like chimpanzees F G C pass me that therapy C / Em / F / C cause I'm constantly distracted C / Em / F / Bb by a fragile state of proof C / Em / F / C and my tiny little span of attention F G C stopped looking for the truth F G C stopped looking for the truth G F C since I haven't had lunch today G F C and I need to call my wife G F C F~~ I could give two fifths of a damn G C if there is an afterlife G C this one won't happen twice

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Delusion. Quantum mechanics. Shitfits. Photoshop.

Round the room they roll
like little things of gold
and the breeze was a pleasant tune
time glides like a dream through everything
and the navy blue feeling is strange
I know things will change
honey i'm on parade

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released February 25, 2014

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Hold on Photon Helena, Alabama

Sean Glass is a lawnchair balloonist and live action lunatic from Helena, AL. His style draws deeply from blues, folk, science and existentialism. Check out the official site for more info. Or not. It's amazing you even read this.

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