• Song:

    Cover Your Eyes

  • Artist:

    Straylight Run

  • Album:

    The Needles The Space

Key: C5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe




Intro: G5 - A5 - C-- x4


Verse 1:
G5
Cover your eyes and 
      A5
reach into your ears
     G5
Pull out what you've heard
                 A5
and replace with anything
G5
Add to your body
   A5
or take some away
G5
Cut it and fill it 
       A5
in whatever it takes


Verse 2:
G5         F5
ohh To be some 
        G5
sort of beautiful
F5         G5
phony and frightening
F5            G5
some sort of beautiful
F5         G5
phony and frightening


Verse 3:
G5
Oh we must care for 
      A5
these little ones 
   G5
we must keep them safe 
         A5
from the horrible ideas
and the people 
    G5
who have them
        F5             G5
They're too young for wondering
F5             G5
Too young for wishing to be
          A5
something other than 
               G5
what they were meant to be
F5                 G5
Tell them they're beautiful 
    F5         G5
and perfectly placed
F5                 G5
Tell them they're beautiful 
    F5         G5
and perfectly placed



Verse 5:
G5
Love and be loved
         E5
Take air into 
your lungs and 
G5
Turn it into the most 
          A5
beautiful sound you can make


Interlude: G--F x2 G


Verse 6:
G5
Cover your eyes and 
A5
reach into your ears
G5
Pull out what you've heard
                    A5
and replace it with anything
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