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Em (022000@1)                                   Bm (x24432@1)                        AmThis (x02210@1)spring made winter an insulting opening offer, now the passing lane
                             Emis (022000@1)getter harder to negotiate, thawing out and icing up again.
EmPast (022000@1)the Mint, where a circle of provincial flags 
     Bm (x24432@1)                        Amare (x02210@1)flagging in the front yard,
                                         Emtired (022000@1)of trying to make us think that it hasn't always been so hard.

D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1) The sky looks seasick on the boxcar sway,
                                       D (xx0232@1)                Emwhere (022000@1)the Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away.

Em (022000@1)                                             BmSo (x24432@1)the sun pulls me out a bit and lets me go, and I'm a vacuum power cord
(Am)                                           (Em)
  in the back of that van full of kids cleaning carpets for the Lord,
      Em (022000@1)                                         Bm (x24432@1)                    Amand (x02210@1)I make a little list of sounds I've found have comforted us in the past:
                                                 Emthe (022000@1)roar of the rumble strips, and the Mennonite metre of the flood forecast,

D (xx0232@1)                               G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1) or how the wind strums on those signs that say
                                 Dthe (xx0232@1)Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away.

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D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1) Steer this boat around the snow plow spray
                                       Dwhile (xx0232@1)the Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away.