Cifra Club

Heart Of The Continent

John K. Samson

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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 "North   wind    sinks       the   fence   around      a


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  lot     full    of  debris,                               Near the

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  corner      of           memorial                         and 

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  me.                                                           Where

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  resurrected                       brick and   dry     wall

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  lean    back    into    place,                        there's a

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  terrified               reflection            of      my      face,

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                                                        all

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 alone at the gleaming               knife  display     in  the

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  army            surplus           sales               as the

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  dusk    descends        and my    inspiration

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  fails.

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  Ghost     -    filled             discount 

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  parkas,                           sleeping                    bags

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                                                    peer at 

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  me          from                              the crumpled

  dark.

Inky bruises punched into the sky by bolts of light
and then leak across the body of tonight.
While rain and thunder drop and roll, 
then stop short of a storm,
leaves the air stuck with this waiting to be born.
As I stand before an unresponsive automatic door, 
just another door that won't open for me anymore?
The exit red gets brighter then blinks off, 
presses me into
the crumpled dark.

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                                                        There's a     

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  billboard       on      the highway                       that says

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  'Welcome     to                                           Bien-

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  venue'                                            but no

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  sign    to show     you           when    you     go away.

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                                                                And our

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  demolitions

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  punctuate                                                     all we

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  mean           to                 say             but

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  leave       too             late.                             So I'll 

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  make           my                 shaky

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  exclamation

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  mark                                              with a

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  hand                              full

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  of                                            the crumpled    dark  

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I tried to make this as accurate as possible by ear, since I couldn't
find any tabs for the damn thing. If anyone can work out John's song, 
'The Last And' I would be very excited.

Enjoy,
Shaun.

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H = 1/2 NOTE
Q = 1/4 NOTE
E = 1/8 NOTE
S = 1/16 NOTE
T = 1/32 NOTE
. = ADD HALF OF ORIGINAL NOTE LENGTH
... = INDEFINITE NOTE
L = TIED NOTE
^ = ROLLED CHORD
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