SOLITUDE STANDING (Suzanne Vega)
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Amsus2: x02200 (9): x05500 /: x0440x
Am(9)/C: x35500 : x2440x
Amsus2/: 302200 Amsus2/:102200
: x46600 : x24400
[Intro: 12 measures of Amsus2]
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Solitude stands by the window
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She turns her head as I walk in the room
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I can see by her eyes she's been waiting
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Standing in the slant of the late afternoon
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And she turns to me with her hand extended
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Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
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[instrumental; melody is cdeGABcd eGABcdeG ABcdeGAB etc.]
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[instrumental]
Solitude stands in the doorway
I'm struck once again by her black silhouette
By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
[12 bars of instrumental again]
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And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"
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And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
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And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
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And I say, "I never thought of finding you here"
And I turn to the crowd as they're watching
They're sitting all together in the dark and the warm
And I wanted to be in there among them
I see how their eyes are gathered into one
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
[12 bars of instrumental again]
And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"
And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
And I say, "I never thought of finding you here"
Solitude stands in the doorway
I'm struck once again by her black silhouette
By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
[Fade out on repeated Am(9)/C & B5]