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Covert Overtures

by Dan Dectis

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[Intro] 2x [ E - F#m - A - E ] [Verse] E F#m A E / All these lines these colors on the map E F#m A E They serve to arbitrarily widen the gap E F#m A E / We’re less different, we’re more the same E F#m A E Eliminate the enmity and see what remains [Interlude on Intro] [Verse2] /All these names, categories to use Subject to subjectivity, as if that were news /More semantics, gymnastics and turns Distracting demographics now and nobody learns [Prechorus] C#m D / But I know it’s not as simple as that A E You can’t erase these emotions / with hard cold facts C#m D A E / I know you can’t erase the pain / With a sappy song and cliched refrain [Interlude on Intro] [Chorus] B E /But maybe we could all feel good for tonight B / Tellin you, I’m pretty sure what’s been ailin you A E Will still be ‘round / In the morning [Verse 3] / All these days all these rivers to cross You can chase what’s been forgotten, You can chase what’s been lost / Or instead you can turn ahead / And think of happy accidents and where they have lead I said, all these words motivational prayers / They’re about as useful as puttin on airs / Just pretend, oh lay it on the line If you fake it till you make it now you’ll be just fine [Prechorus] [Chorus] [Bridge] C#m B A E / So set your troubles down, / right there on the ground B A E And walk away /just for tonight B A E / Oh walk away with me tonight [Interlude] 4x | C#m - - - | A - - - | E - - - | B - - - | Coda (same chords as verse but much slower) /All these lines all these colors on the map They serve to arbitrarily widen the gap /We’re less different, we’re more thee same If you eliminate the enmity its love that remains Say you eliminate /the enmity it’s love that remains
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Gulf 03:40
[Capo 4nd Fret] [Intro] C [Verse 1] C Am G F C The gulf between intentions, actions and outcome brings me down C Am G F C the gulf between my intentions, my actions and the outcomes bring me down G F C it's not as if I’m unfamiliar with the correlation 'tween the three of them G when it’s garbage that I’m puttin in F C what comes out should come as no surprise [Chorus 1] G F C oh but here I am // Here I am // Once again G F C Here I am // Against my better judgement // Here I am [Verse 2] C Am G F C Here I am, wide awake at 3:05 on a school night C Am G F C 3:25 and yet I must be up for work in a few G F C it's not as if I am unfamiliar with the notion of a solid 8 G F C yet here I sit, many hours after it had started getting late [Chorus] [Bridge] E7 F C G E7 F C G Our curse is to always know // The right choice but to often go E7 F C G E7 F C G Am To a place where everything else // Seems like a more attractive option [Verse3] C Am G F C That gulf that brings you down is where your humanity resides C Am G F C Blemishes and imperfections scars on a leathery hide G F C And if you erase the folly and the misteps that have brought you this far G F C You would be someone else completely now you would not be who you are [Chorus out] G F C Oh but clearly you are, yes you are, who you are G F C Only one road would bring you here (quiet) G F C (loud) So embrace, embrace, who who you are (quiet) G F C (loud) Yes embrace, embrace, who you are G F C And Strive to be G F C Yeah just strive to be
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Nuptial 02:54
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04:21 04:27
Mastering Engineer: Jonathan Kirchner Drums & Percussion: Cody Rhodes
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10,787 03:30
Intro / Interlude |Am - Em - | D7 - - - | G - - - | [VERSE] C D G I'm thankful for the days / for the time to waste C D G for the moments together / longed for while apart C D Em for the long quiet mornings / for the endless dance A7 D7 G G I believe we are a lucky bunch [Verse2] C D G I'm thankful for the miles / that lie ahead C D G the memories behinds us / that tell the stories of where those miles've lead C D Em each hour a paragraph / each day a page A7 D7 G in the story of an age [CHORUS] Am Em D C Am Em D so many false starts, distractions and illusions. unproductive chapters Am Em D C Am Em D G Ten thousand seven hundred eighty seven pages / I wasted / without you [Jam] [ | G - - - | C - - - | ] Repeat [Interlude] |Am - Em - | D7 - - - | G - - - | [VERSE3] C D G I'm even thankful for / when you grimace and say C D G "you talk too much in the morning" / but later in the day C D Em you'll laugh and say it again with a smile / and I'll act chagrined A7 D7 G and our dance continues / ever again [Verse4] C D G thankful doesn't cover / it is a lacking word C D G a poor approximation / a stretched metaphor C D G but then every word is / when measured against A7 D7 G the power and the glory of the moment [Chorus] Repeat C G D Am C G D Ten thousand, seven hundred eighty seven. C G D Am C G D Ten thousand, seven hundred eighty seven. Days to you
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Come on Home 03:44
Capo 2nd Intro: 3x [ D Dmaj7 D7 G Gm6 D A D ] | C A | Gm6 D | Verse Bm G D A Bm G flash back to a gray volkswagen winding through D A Bm G the road up to the mountains. Remember when D A G A Bm we could still count the days of our story on one hand? G D A Bm G On down to a presidential town where music played D A G through nights and sweltering days we played and played A G A and we laid the groundwork for our lives, in 4 sweet days Break 2 or 4x [Bm G D A] Verse I was, typically down for solitude But I found a change in attitude since you've come around when you backtrack through the hours and the moments I spent alone you peel back the layers that had hardened and you help me find a soft place that I remember a place where alone is together a place where Chorus (Intro chords) even though I don't mind when go I like it even more when you come home even though I'm alright on my own I'm so much more when you come Break [C A Gm D Gm D A] Ritard Intro Chorus
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Cabbage 03:57
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Boss Battle 02:59
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Deluge 01:47
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It feels like 500 years have passed since I have last Settled down upon your shore Laid eyes upon your face in the morning In the morning light But may moons and many miles Many truths, many lies Are between those days and I Between your eyes and mine. But ain't it funny how when you're lookin down From that higher vantage point Odds insurmountable seem merely trivial With the benefit of hindsight And everything's so very clear In the morning In the morning light, my dear That will always be a part of the shape of things A part of the way it stings now when I hear your name And if I thought that I had packed it all away And thrown it out Well I was wrong, but that's okay.
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Saturnine 02:40
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G C I struggle believe we’ve come this far G D Together my friends G C I’m in love with this road we’re on G D Together my friends C Cm And who’s to say what this road will G D Bring from here on in Am C It’s been a mighty fine ride G D Am C It’s been a mighty fine ride G D So far So far C Cm we’ve come in our joyous pursuit G D That’s what we do C Bm Am contribute to D The great tradition G C G C Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Oh monday nights, here on haight street With you my friends We’ll write our parts we’ll play our songs Together my friends And who can say, what we’ll get up to From here on in D C And so what if it’s just a minor contribution G Em So what if sometimes you’re playing to an empty room D C If sometimes quiet months slide by without production G Em F you fill up with venomous self recrimination C G Just pick up and play F C G (repeat) Pick up your instruments, raise your voices and play Make a happy sound and you’ll feel okay Bm C G D Oh you know that you you need the music C But t he music needs you Bm Am To contribute D The great tradition

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released December 17, 2020

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