• Song:

    Drowning In A Quandary Of Ambivalence

  • Artist:

    Dave Mcpherson

Artist: Dave McPherson
Title: Drowning In A Quandary Of Ambivalence
Album: The Grand Odyssey of the Whale and the Barnacle

Chords Used:
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A|-3--5---2--3---3---2-------|
E|--------3--X---1---0-------|
 |--- C7---Cadd9- ---Em------|

Intro: (DISCLAIMER: I KNOW THIS IS TAPPED, BEFORE ANYONE TELLS ME IT IS)
I THINK HE HOLDS THE SECOND FRET ON THE B/G STRING, BUT I CANT DO IT, SO
THIS IS THE "PICKED" VERSON!)
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Verse 1:
C (x32010@1)          C7 (x32310@1)    G (320003@1)            CThe (x32010@1)birds cry their beautiful song
       C7 (x32310@1)       GBroken (320003@1)shards of mud beneath its weathered talons
       C7 (x32310@1)        G (320003@1)                     CSpring (x32010@1)dawns, the freshly plumed phoenix
                C7 (x32310@1)                         G (320003@1)      Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Spreads its wings and glares at the inviting skyline

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                               Cadd9Wading (x32030@1)through the waters of resilience
G (320003@1)                                      FI (133211@1)watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G (320003@1)                                                Cadd9The (x32030@1)bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G (320003@1)                                          FRise (133211@1)to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A (x02220@1)                          C7'Cause (x32310@1)you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A (x02220@1)                                    FSo (133211@1)we commit out love to the depths of the great

Verse 2:
C (x32010@1)         C7 (x32310@1)         G (320003@1)             CBeautiful (x32010@1)puzzles under amaranth skies
             C7 (x32310@1)       G (320003@1)                 CHearts (x32010@1)with muzzles and a ghostly reprise
           C7 (x32310@1)       G (320003@1)           CI (x32010@1)wear no disguise, I wear no cape
             C7 (x32310@1)               G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
I wish to survive, not to escape

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                               Cadd9Wading (x32030@1)through the waters of resilience
G (320003@1)                                      FI (133211@1)watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G (320003@1)                                                Cadd9The (x32030@1)bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G (320003@1)                                          FRise (133211@1)to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A (x02220@1)                          C7'Cause (x32310@1)you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A (x02220@1)                                    FSo (133211@1)we commit out love to the depths of the great

Hook:
    C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)      DI (xx0232@1)used to believe only in you

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C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)      DBut (xx0232@1)now my belief resides in me

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C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)    
No more metaphors

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C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)  DNo (xx0232@1)more cryptic wars

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C (x32010@1)      Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1) 
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