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capo on 3 to match the album, or on 2 as originally played. everything is relative to the capo

E     :022100
A     :-02220
B     :-24442
G#(IV):466544
A(V)  :577655
A#(VI):688766

Riff_1:
e:--0-2-4-2-0------
B:------------2-0--
G:-----------------
D:-----------------
A:-----------------
E:-----------------

Riff_2:
e:----------------
B:--(0)-----------
G:-------2--1-----
D:-------------2--
A:----------------
E:----------------
(the open b string is clearly played when marked with an asterisk below. otherwise, the string is emphasized when strumming the E chord)



E Riff_1 E Riff_2
E Riff_1 E Riff_2

A				    E
  I'd like to begin by saying that I saw you coming,
B			   E
  but that would be a lie.
A			    E
  I'd like to say that I can hear your voice,
     B					  B
but I couldn't mean 'hear' in the accepted sense of the word.

	A		   E
are you cleaning off the stone?
	 B		 E
that's a sweet thing to do.
	A		   E
are you cleaning off the stone?
	  B		G#(IV) A(V) A#(VI) E
that's sweet of you.

Riff_1 E Riff_2*

A				 E
  they tell me your hair's gotten much, much longer.
B		   E
  I bet it looks nice.
A				     E
  they tell me your eyes are the same color as they always were.
B				  B
that kind of information just floors me.

	A		   E
are you cleaning off the stone?
	 B		 E
that's a sweet thing to do.
	A		   E
are you cleaning off the stone?
	  B		G#(IV) A(V) A#(VI) E
that's sweet of you.

Riff_1 E Riff_2*
E Riff_1 E Riff_2

	A		   E
are you cleaning off the stone?
	 B		 E
that's a sweet thing to do.
	A		   E
are you cleaning off the stone?
	  B		G#(IV) A(V) A#(VI) E
that's sweet of you.

Riff_1 E Riff_2*
E