The Past Receds chords

John Frusciante

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Simplify chords 

  			Intro: 
G D Am Em x3 
 
G D Am 
 
Verse: 
G  D  Am Em 
And then the past recedes 
G D Am Em 
And I won't be involved 
G D Am Em 
The effort to be free 
G D Am Em 
Seems pointless from above 
G D Am Em 
Yor're looking down at' me 
G D Am Em 
I'd rather stay below 
G D Am Em 
Than have you staring up at me 
G D                      Am   B 
Theres nowhere I want to goooooooo 
 
C        D7              Em             D 
Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive 
C      D7                   Em 
Why to be here you've first got to die 
D 
So I gave it a try 
    C           G 
And what do you know 
            Am      D7 
Time was so long ago 
 
G D Am Em 
And thinks come back you see 
G D Am Em 
To where they don't belong 
G D Am Em 
And every drop of sea 
G D                     Am   B 
Is the whole ocean      oooooooohhh 
 
  C           D7 
I lied to the greatest thieves 
      Em           D 
About anything and everything 
C     D7           Em 
I'm a figure of forgotten speech 
D 
I'm our of reach 
C               G 
I can't play it safe 
            Am          D7 
But I might just in case 
 
 
Solo: 
(use verse chords) 
 
A|-10--8h10p8-----------------------------------7--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------10---8h10p8------8-----8-------10-8-7--8---------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------11----9------------------------------11--9--8-8h9p8-----------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------3---7--5h7p5--3-10---| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------3--1h3p1---------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------4------------------------------------------------| 
D|-10--8--10--8--6--5--6---6--5--3-----3---5-----5-------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------6--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
E|--10 ---12b-12b-12b-14b-14b-14b---12-12s8----5--------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
C    D7            Em 
I'm disguised as a reaching hand 
D 
I'm working man 
  C         D7 
I dont understand why clockout 
Em            D 
Comes so slow every time 
       C          G            Am 
That's one line I stay right behind 
       C          G            Am    B 
That's one line I stay right behind 
 
G D Am Em x3 
 
G D Am B  G