Thirty — The Weather Station
Chords and lyrics for Thirty by The Weather Station (key of C).
Intro
[G] [F] [C]
[G] [F] [C]
Verse 1
[G]There was a time
[Dm]When you put your hand on the [G]small of my [F]back
[C]I was surprised that you [G]touched me like that
But [Gm]there in your hand was a [Dm]current of life
[Dm]I could hardly stand
I stayed still
And I [G]didn't mention it
[F]Or if I did, I [C]made some [G]joke of it
[G]It was strange how I could [Gm]feel so [G]sane
So plain when you're around
[G] [Dm] [C] [G] [F] [C]
Verse 2
[G]And unbidden to me
There it rose, the fantasy
Colored rose and easy
Yeah, I could see it so [Dm]simple, unsubtle
Impossible, clearly
[G]And strange
Far and as close as a mountain range
[G]On the horizon driving all day
There I was, so sane
So plain after everything
[Gm] [G] [C] [G] [C]
Verse 3
[Gm]Gas came down
From a buck-twenty
[F]The joke was how
It [C]broke the economy anyhow
[Gm]The dollar was down
[F]But my friends opened businesses
There [C]were new children
[Gm]And again, I didn't get married
[F]I wasn't [Am]close to my [Gm]family
And my dad was raising a child in [F]Nairobi
She was [Gm]three now, he told me
Verse 4
[Gm]Gas stations I laughed in
I noticed fucking everything
The light, the reflections
Different [Gm]languages, your expressions
We would [Gm]fall down laughing
[Gm]Effervescent
And [Gm]all over nothing, all over nothing
Just as though
It was a joke my[F] whole life through
[Em]All of the pain and [Gm]sorrow I knew
All of the[C] tears that had fallen [F]from my eyes
[C]I can't say why
We [G]walked in the park
Under the shade[Am]
I [F]avoided your eyes
[C]I was ashamed of my [G]own mind
[C]No SSRIs
My [G]day is dark as your [C]night
[Gm] [F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
Verse 5
[G]Oh, you got
The kindest of eyes
I cannot help but [C]notice sometimes
[Gm]But you know, as do I
I cannot look twice without falling right
[C]Into the sweet and the tender line between
[Gm]Something I can and can never be
[C]And just then an [Gm]ambulance
Passed on the street
And you took my arm [F]reflexively[C]
Refrain
[G]That was the year I was thirty
That was the year you were [Gm]thirty-one
That was the year that we lost, or we won[C]
[G]That was the year I was thirty
That was the year you were [Gm]thirty-one
That was the year that we lost, or we won[C]
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