Chord transcription by Francois Couture, fcouture@abacom.com
Gmin F Bb
It was always going to be like this,
Amin Gmin
whatever you bring yourself to say.
Bb F Eb
Why don't you point that thing the other way
(no chord) Gmin F Eb
and telescope this tangled story?
Gmin F Bb
You're got the whole thing at your fingertips,
Gmin F Eb
already scripted in an alien Braille,
Amin (ou C?) Gmin Gmin+A
snagged up under your fingernails. Oh, so
Bb F Eb
blissful, in ignorance we pin the tail,
Gmin (notes: c bb a bb) C
with smudgy marks we scratch the surface.
Bbmin/G Fmin/G
We are what we were born to be,
Bbmin/G Fmin/G
we are what we become
Bb C F
over time under our thumbs
Bb F
We are written in our fingerprints,
Bb F
in everything we do and see;
Bb F
we are written in our fingerprints,
Bb G# F# F
so very singular the marks of our destiny
Gmin F
So open the hands :
Gmin F ---
this is a lifespan.
Gmin F Bb
I found the future in my grasp,
Gmin F Eb
the line of least resistance, naturally;
Gmin F Bb
joined up the dots and never thought to ask
Amin Gmin Gmin/A
could I somehow do this differently? In the
Bb F Eb
heat of the moment it's impressed on me
Gmin (notes: c bb a bb) C
what's done is done in understanding.
Bbmin/G Fmin/G
And if I had a choice to make
Bbmin/G Fmin/G
I ignored it as such
Bbmin/G Fmin/G
So our lifelines accumulate like the
Bb C F
dust on the things we have touched
Bb F
We are written in our fingerprints,
Bb F
all our virtues, all our vice.
Bb F
We are written in our fingerprints,
Bb F
Once upon a time the story :
Bb F
we won't go through these motions twice.
Bb F
We are written in our fingerprints.
Bb F
We are written in our fingerprints.
Bb F
Bb F
G# F# F
G# F# F
We don't get to do this thing twice,
Gmin F
so let's play out the hand,
Gmin F Eb
unconsciously pre-planned.