Poor Old Shine - Weeds or Wildflowers

      Capo 4

Disclaimer:
These lyrics are assuredly wrong in certain places.


[Intro]

G  B7  C  D  x2


[Verse 1]

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Well I came alone to find a little piece of mind
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Neglected all my duties stepping off that straightened line
            G          B7                     Em             A
Now I just sit at my front door filled with inner lakes and sounds
                 G           D               G
It's like I'm watching the weeds grow on my brow

           G       B7            C             G
And I had pure potential and a soiled white shirt
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With love enough to kill me but was unsure of its worth
                G          B7              Em             A
And though the night is sweetened by some rising of the moon
               G               D               G
I've lived enough to know the battle's never through


[Chorus]

      C              G        D              G
You pass something down, no matter where or how
                   C            G       D
Well there'll be weeds or wildflowers fixed upon your brow
                 C           G             Em              A
And there's a crooked burning cigarette rolling on your tongue
                 G             D                 G
Will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done


[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]

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Whenever you travel to the desert or travel to the sea
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Looking out on the horizon asking what you made of me
            G          B7                     Em             A
And as we all hang around with our freedom of mind
    G           D          G
As all of our branches entwine

            G        B7       C          D
And as I watch the brick erode within a day
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The leaves changing colors and the barrowfuls of hay 
            G        B7       Em             A
And as a blade of sunshine cuts across my chest
    G              D          G
The blood beneath boils with unrest


[Chorus]

      C              G        D              G
You pass something down, no matter where or how
                   C            G       D
Well there'll be weeds or wildflowers fixed upon your brow
                 C           G             Em              A
And there's a crooked burning cigarette rolling on your tongue
                 G             D                 G
Will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done


[Interlude]

G       B7      C  D
La  La  La  La  Laaa
G       B7      C  D
La  La  La  La  Laaa

G       B7      Em C  D
La  La  La  La  Laaa
G       B7      Em C  D
La  La  La  La  Laaa


[Chorus]

       C           G       D                G
Blown about by the wind, a worthless little thing
        C                  G            D
But the world can feel the changes of a butterfly's wings
            C               G         Em               A  
And so that crooked burning cigarette rolling on your tongue
              G                 D                G
Will leave as weeds before your flowers yet have grown
              G            D                   G
Will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done