Hey, all. This is my first tab, but I'm a music student who plays a lot of stuff by ear,
I think it'll be decent. -- I was really frustrated to find that NO ONE had posted any
or chords of this song, so I sat down and did it myself. It's not exact, but it'll get 
really, really close.

Feel free to hit me up for any questions. (thatlizgirl@gmail.com)

Enjoy!

v = the next note is lower
^ = the next note is higher
~ = trill

m = minor
M = major
6 = first inversion; third of the chord in the bass
6/4 = second inversion; fifth of the chord in the bass
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Ani Difranco - Studying Stones

INTRO:

Melody: C v G ^ B v F ^ A

Chords: cm6 // GM6/4 // FM

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Melody: C v G ^ B v F ^ A V G V ~F~

Chords: cm6 // GM64 // FM //

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cm -- BbM -- AbM

AbM -- BbM -- cm(add9)

(x 2)

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VERSES:

     cm
I am out here studying stones
           BbTrying (x1333x@1)to learn to be less alive
       AbUsing (xx1114@1)all of my will
       BbTo (x1333x@1)keep very still
       cm           cm (add9)
Still even on the inside

          cm
I've cut all of the pertinent wires
      BbSo (x1333x@1)my eyes can't make that connection
     AbI (xx1114@1)am holding my breath
     BbI (x1333x@1)am feigning my death
     cm                  cm(add9)
When I'm looking in your direction

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        EbM
'Course numb is an old hat
          DbM
Old as my oldest memories
    AbSee (xx1114@1)that one's my mother
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)that one's my father
         cm                    cm(add9)
And that one in the hat, that's me


       EbM
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
       Bb?
When I got out on the open road
             FM?
But any more pent up emotion
       Bb?              cm(add9)
And I think I'm gonna explode

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              cm                  cm(add9)
There's never been an endeavor so strange
              BbAs (x1333x@1)trying to slow the blood in my veins
   AbTo (xx1114@1)keep my face blank
     BbAs (x1333x@1)a stone that just sank
      cm             cm(add9)
Until not a ripple remains


     cm                  cm(add9)
I am high above the tree line
        BbSitting (x1333x@1)cross legged on the ground
     AbWhen (xx1114@1)all of the forbidden fruit
    Bbhas (x1333x@1)fallen and rotted
cm                    cm(add9)
That's when I'm gonna come down

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        EbM
'Course numb is an old hat
          DbM
Old as my oldest memories
    AbSee (xx1114@1)that one's my mother
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)that one's my father
         cm                    cm(add9)
And that one in the hat, that's me


       EbM
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
       Bb?
When I got out on the open road
             FM?
But any more pent up emotion
       Bb?              cm(add9)
And I think I'm gonna explode

END ON:

cm(add9)

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tabbed by: thatlizgirl -- thatlizgirl@gmail.com