Studying Stones by Ani DiFranco
Standard tuning
Capo 1
Chord 3 (Ch3) bm
e|--2--------------2----------|
B|--0--------------0----------|
G|--0--------------4----------|
D|--0--------------0----------|
A|--2--------------2----------|
E|--2--------------2----------|
bm
I am out here studying stones
ATrying (x02220@1)to learn to be less alive
GUsing (320003@1)all of my will
ATo (x02220@1)keep very still
bm Ch3
Still even on the inside
bm
I've cut all of the pertinent wires
ASo (x02220@1)my eyes can't make that connection
GI (320003@1)am holding my breath
AI (x02220@1)am feigning my death
bm Ch3
When I'm looking in your direction
D'Course (xx0232@1)numb is an old hat
C (x32010@1)Old as my oldest memories
GSee (320003@1)that one's my mother
AAnd (x02220@1)that one's my father
bm Ch3
And that one in the hat, that's me
DIt's (xx0232@1)a skill I'd hoped to abandon
AWhen (x02220@1)I got out on the open road
C (x32010@1)But any more pent up emotion
A (x02220@1) Ch3
And I think I'm gonna explode
bm Ch3
There's never been an endeavor so strange
AAs (x02220@1)trying to slow the blood in my veins
GTo (320003@1)keep my face blank
AAs (x02220@1)a stone that just sank
bm Ch3
Until not a ripple remains
bm Ch3
I am high above the tree line
ASitting (x02220@1)cross legged on the ground
GWhen (320003@1)all of the forbidden fruit
Ahas (x02220@1)fallen and rotted
bm Ch3
That's when I'm gonna come down
D'Course (xx0232@1)numb is an old hat
C (x32010@1)Old as my oldest memories
GSee (320003@1)that one's my mother
AAnd (x02220@1)that one's my father
bm Ch3
And that one in the hat, that's me
DIt's (xx0232@1)a skill I'd hoped to abandon
AWhen (x02220@1)I got out on the open road
C (x32010@1)But any more pent up emotion
A (x02220@1) Ch3
And I think I'm gonna explode
