1. |
Sleepy River
03:09
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Close your eyes my dear and dream
You’ll float downstream on Sleepy River
You can deny, life is but a smile
Asleep on Sleepy River
Feel the warm sun on your face
Those lazy waves on Sleepy River
Don’t you worry now,
About the life you knew before this
Don’t you know,
Your troubles and your woes can’t find you in your boat
So close your eyes and float down Sleepy River
So no one can wake you now
No one can wake you now
So close your eyes dream
You’ll float downstream upon Sleepy River
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2. |
Before the Dawn
03:27
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E
When you’ve given all you got
A/E
When you’ve done the best you can
F#mi/E
When its all out on the table
D B/D#
and there is nothing left in your hand
E
When the beating of your heart
A/E
Flutters inside your chest
F#mi/E
When the words that could have resued you
D B/D#
have already been said
C#m
When your mind starts to panic
D/F#
like a sailor lost at sea
G
When your heart is beating SOS
E/G# E
With every fleeting beat
A
There is more
C#m
life beyond the struggle
F#m
There is more
A (walk a b c#) D
life beyond the burdon you carry
A (walk a b c#) D E
and it won’t be very long
G B/F# E
before the dawn
E
When the Climb has left you weak
E/A
when the sky is weighting down
E/F#m
When the stars that could have guided you
D B/D#
are now shrouded in clouds
E
When the light that could have warmed you
E/A
in now blinding your sight
E/F#m
When the game that was so playful
D B/D#
has now turned into a fight
C#m D/F#
Don’t look at me with heavy eyes and say your satisfied
G E/G# E
This is just one shade in all the colors of your life
A
There is more
C#m
life beyond the struggle
F#m
There is more
A (walk a b c#) D
life beyond the burden you carry
A (walk a b c#) D E
and it won’t be very long
G B/F# E
before the dawn
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3. |
Feel Alive
05:21
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Amidst the fading conversations
Swirling smoke amidst the night
A jug of wine between a few friends of mine
Swapping smiles cross the night like falling stars
Silhouettes made of these mountains
Fall like pedals from the sky
A soft guitar playing all the things you are
And a drunken choir wobbles out a tune
These are the moments
These are the moments of your life
Sparkling embers between the days and the nights
These are the moments of your life
Falling between the cracks
Of day into night and night into day
Into the fading light
The fading light
All my life
To feel so alive
Staring up
With our backs against the earth
Falling straight into the universe
Every thought that’s said
Wonder fills your head
Every star a tunnel to a new way of life
Reciting Kerouac and Martin Luther King
Watching the night fall thought the centuries
And every thought wonder fills your head
Every possibility coming true
In front of you
Chorus;
These are the moments
These are the moments of your life
Sparkling embers between the days and the nights
These are the moments of your life
Falling between the cracks
Of day into night and night into day
Into the fading light
The fading light
All my life
To feel so alive
Every time I come here I feel so alive
That I can’t describe how it feels to be alive
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4. |
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Intro
C Dmi7/C
F/C C
Verse 1
Each chord 4 beats
C Dmi7/C
Riding to the Airport with you
F/C F C
Though I don’t Remember which one anymore
C Dm/C
But I remember within the dreary gray
F/C C
the clouds and rain that threatened the day
Prechorus
C
I have pictures in my head
G/B
Snapshots of you
Amin Dmi // G//
Standing in the runway must have changed your point of view
G/F// C/E // G
Chorus
F // G7//
And now I’m wading though the clouds
Emi // F//
Hanging on the air
Dmin// G//
Sweeping up the blue
Emi // Ami//
A thousand feet of solitude
Dmi //// G //// C // F/C//
between the ground and you
C // F//
C Dmi/C
You told me you don’t like roller coasters
F/C C
They are pale comparisons to the real thing
C Dmi/C
Their was a thrill and excitement and for a time I held it
F/C C
and suddenly my point of view changed
Prechorus
C
Chasing our passion
G/B
Through the skies you were
Amin Dmi // G//
always their flying by my side
G/F// C/E // G//
Chorus
F // G7//
And now I’m wading though the clouds
Emi // F//
Hanging on the air
Dmin// G//
Sweeping up the blue
Emi // Ami//
A thousand feet of solitude
Dmi //// G //// C //
between the ground and you
C/E // F// G// G7//
C/E // F// G// G7//
Repeat Chorus
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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington
Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more
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