The Female Line

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Year: 2002
Album: The Sky’s Awful Blue

INTRO (x2)
Gsus2 
 
G6sus2 
 
Gmaj7b5 
VERSE 1
Gmaj7/B 
 
Cmaj9 
Curved iron  
Amaj7b5 
bridge in the  
Dmadd9/F 
sun
D/F 
Locked in  
Bbmaj7 
place
D 
narrow, 
 
 
C/E 
don’t 
 
run
 
The  
Cmaj9 
older one  
Amaj7b5 
pauses to  
Dmadd9/F 
share
Amadd11/D 
Joking waves – with the wheel  
Bb 
borne 
 
 
C7 
one
 
Cmaj9 
Minutes pass, there’s  
Gm6/A# 
barely a sound
 
Wordless ex
Dm7 
claimings, tiny  
Am9 
flailings
 
Cmaj9 
Slated river,  
Gm6/A# 
nudging up cloud
Dm7 
Do your worst or  
Bbmaj7b5 
leave us be
 
Cmaj9 
Such is our  
Amaj7b5 
only 
 
es
Bb6/F 
cape
 
The  
Amadd11/D 
female line – let the grave  
Bb 
yard 
 
 
C7 
wait 
 
 
Gadd11/C