Between The Lines — Janis Ian
Chords and lyrics for Between The Lines by Janis Ian (key of Am).
Verse 1
[Am]C/G 332010 [F/C]Bm7-5 XX0201 [Am/G]Am/F# 202210
Fmaj7 133210 E7sus 020230 Dm/C# X4023X
[Am+7] [E] [Dm/C]
[Am7] [Am7/G] [Dm/B]
[Am6]Dm XX0231 [F]E7 022130[C#+]
Dm+7 XX0221 Am/G# 4X255X
Verse
There's [Am]never much to say
Between the [C/G]moments of our games and [Fmaj7]repartee
There's [Am]never much to [Am+7]read
Between the [Am7]lines of what we [Am6]need and what we'll [Fmaj7]take
There's [Dm]never much to [Dm+7]talk about or [F/C]say aloud
But [Bm7-5]say it any [E7sus]– way[E]
Of [Am]holidays and [Am7/G]yesterdays, and [F]broken dreams
That [E7sus]somehow [E7]slipped a – [Am]way[E7]
Verse
In [Am]books and maga - [Am/G#]zines on how to [Am/G]be and what to [Am/F#]see
While you are [Fmaj7]being
[Am]Be-fore and after [Am/G#]photographs
Teach [Am/G]how to pass from [Am/F#]reaching to [Fmaj7]be-lieving
We [Dm]live beyond our [Dm/C#]means on other [Dm/C]people's dreams[Dm/B]
And that's [E7sus]suc-ceeding[E7]
[Am]Between the lines of [Am/G]photographs I've [Fmaj7]seen the past
[E7] It isn't [Am]pleasing[A7]
Verse
So [Dm]strike another match
We'll have another cup of wine
And [Am]dance until the evening's dead
Of too much song and time
There's [Dm]never much to [C#+]talk about
Or [F/C]read between the [Bm7-5]lines
Of what we [E7sus]dream about
When we're apart
And [E]no one's looking on
To say you're [Am]mine[Esus]
Verse
[E] It was a [Am]good year then, it was a [C/G]good year then
We all [Fmaj7]remember
The [Am]time you threw the [Am+7]looking glass and [Am7]seemed a fool[Am6]
Or very [F]clever
Don't [Dm]spoil it all, I [Dm+7]can't recall a [Dm/C]time
When you were [Bm7-5]struck without an [E7sus]answer[E7]
We'll [Am]live a quiet [Am/G]peaceful time [Am/F]be-tween the lines
[Esus] And [E7]go [Am]to-gether[A7]
Verse
And I'm [Dm]striking up the band to play our last hurrah
We'll [Am]dance until we've killed another evening off
Don't think of [E7sus]anyone but me
I'll have no lovers on the side
Tonight is [Am]all we've ever dreamed about
For [A7]once let's get it right
We'll go down [G]flying in the end
Throw [E7sus]an-other bottle in [E]between the [Am]lines[A7]
I'll go down [Dm]like a ship of state
Let's be [Esus]gracious now
[E] Between the [Am]lines[E7]
[Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]
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