Lauren O'Connell
"Levers and Gears"

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-no capo 
-one half-step above the original

[Theme]  
           C        Am       G
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[Intro]
C Am C G

[Verse 1]
C
You see I've this friend
Who doesn't exist
            Am
He takes strides all in time 
With the watch on his wrist
      F         G
And I only speak 
      Am            G  G
'cos he compels me to
C
It's much like the voice
That lives in my sleep
Am
Painting Xes on dreams
That I'd like to keep
         F           G
But I'd rather not mention
Am          G            C  C
 that they all feature you
          Am
da da da daa
          G
da da da daa

[Chorus]
 F             G              Am
Maybe I'm not right between my ears

      F                     G          
But crazy's just crazy, and also it makes me 
C             C/B     Am
not an ounce less sincere
    F                       G
But I've got a notion that you're this way too
    C                       Am
Oh let's be together in a white padded room
          Dm
And make lovely machines of our 
  F                   G                        
twisted up levers and   gears

           C  
la da da  daa

Am

G

[Verse 2]
     C
Sometimes I send letters
From my fireplace
      Am
So I set them aglow
Watch them burn into space
          F     G
As they float      
 Am              G
softly away from  me
C
They're all addressed
To the blackest of skies
       Am
And I ask them to pour 
On all but you and I
         F     G
So we'd huddle 
  Am       G           C  
dry underneath the same tree

Am 

G

[Chorus]
 F             G              Am
Maybe I'm not right between my ears

      F                     G          
But crazy's just crazy, and also it makes me 
C             C/B     Am
not an ounce less sincere
    F                       G
But I've got a notion that you're this way too
    C                       Am
Oh let's be together in a white padded room
          Dm
And make lovely machines of our 
  F                   G                        
twisted up levers and   gears

           C  
la da da  daa

Am

G

[middle8]
        F
But my soul's got a voice
        C
And a black telephone
        F
And it calls me at night 
     G
When I am alone
          Em                    
And it's ranting and raving 
    Dm               G       G
in languages I can't   speak
       F
But if everyone thought
            C
All their thoughts right aloud
         F
Would we all be locked up
     G
And never let out?
Em
 I'm convinced 
Dm              G   G
 it's not only   me

[Chorus]
 F             G              Am
Maybe I'm not right between my ears

      F                     G          
But crazy's just crazy, and also it makes me 
C             C/B     Am
not an ounce less sincere
    F                       G
But I've got a notion that you're this way too
    C                       Am
Oh let's be together in a white padded room
          Dm
And make lovely machines of our 
  F                   G                        
twisted up levers and   gears

           C  
la da da  daa
           Am 
la da da  daa
           G 
la da da  daa
        C
da da  daa