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Standing Still

Ian Matthews
ChordsKeyGCapoFret 5advanced

Chords in this song23

capo 5 — sounds 5 semitones higher

Intro

      
      

Verse

I was in one of my dreams where
I don't spare any color
I was in one of my dreams when I felt alive
Then every once in a while I'd say to you
Every once in a while I'd say to you
This is so beautifully furnished
So beautifully scripted
I see these memories now on a screen
The music innocent as a bird song
The music innocent as a bird song

Chorus

I suspended all concern for health
I suspended all reasons to answer for myself
And all of what appeared unreal
Was all of what you cannot feel
Now I wanna hide, I wanna dig in deep
Pull over me that hot cape of sleep
So every hour I never filled
Can't turn and leave me standing still

Instrumental

       

Verse

How long do you keep your nerves up
From close to the surface
How long till the comedy knocks you in your head
The stiff motivation of the drilling school
The stiff motivation that comes with rules
Is everywhere and all at once
The infection makes it easy for you to succumb
Through change of fate that change assumes
You can forget the names but not the wounds
I wanna hide, I want to dig in deep 
Pull over me that hot cape of sleep

Chorus

So every hour I never filled
Can't turn and leave me standing still
I wanna be working now
Don't leave me standing still
I wanna be working   

Instrumental

       

Chorus

I suspended all concern for health
I suspended all reasons to answer for myself
And all of what appeared unreal
Was all of what you cannot feel
I wanna hide, I wanna dig in deep
Pull over me that hot cape of sleep
So every hour I never filled
Can't turn and leave me standing still
I wanna be working
Don't leave me standing still
'Cause I wanna be working
Don't leave me standing still 

Instrumental/Outro

      
       
    
       
       
       
       

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These need nothing beyond D, F#, A, Bm, G, B, D#m, G#m7, Em, Em7, D/F#, Dm, A#maj7, Am, C, B/D#, Gmaj7, Bm7, G/B, F#m, Am7, F#/A#, G#m.