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Fill My Eyes

Cat Stevens (yusuf Islam)
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Chords in this song13

Song

The Emadd9 chord is optional, but it's played like this
Emadd9 0240xx

Intro

Riff (you can strum a D major chord while playing the riff)
 
e|---2---2--2-2-5-2-0-3-0--|
B|---3---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G|---2---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|  x4
D|---0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Verse

And in the morning when you fill my eyes  
I knew that day I couldn't do,
Ahh, no wrong, I couldn't do.

Instrumental

(play intro riff twice)
 

Verse

And so my mind begins to memorize   
'Cause time will never seem the same,
Ahh, no more, never again.
[Instrumental] (pre-chorus riff)
D (let ring)
e|---2---2--2-2-5-2-0-3-0-----2------------|
B|---3---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3------------|
G|---2---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2------------|
D|---0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0--4--0--|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Chorus

I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't go, 
My legs are weak my heels are low. 
I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't roll. 
Can't make no headway on this road.

Instrumental

(play intro riff four times)
 

Verse

There's an empty space inside me now,  
A wasteland deep beneath the snow,
So cold, nothing'll grow.

Instrumental

(pre-chorus riff)
 

Chorus

I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't go, 
My legs are weak my heels are low. 
I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't roll. 
Can't make no headway on this road. What road? oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh
   

Instrumental

(play intro riff four times)
 

Verse

And in the morning when you fill my eyes  
I knew that day I couldn't do,
Ahh, no wrong, I couldn't do.

Outro

(play intro riff twice, then...)
 

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