Out of the Earth
by Patchouli
Key of C#(C) (capo I);
12/8 time; fingerpicking: R34234
Chords: F#maj7(Fmaj7) - 1x221x
Intro
ll: G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) :ll
Verse 1
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
He made no footsteps when he walked through the forest
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
His wisdom had no words
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
He had smelled all of the flowers and
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
spoke with the voices of nine hundred birds
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
He said he wanted to teach the world
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
all of the treasures the earth keeps
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
and for creatures made unseen to
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
under-stand he would speak
Chorus
C#(C) l A#m(Am) l C#(C) l A#m(Am) l
Out of the earth I will sing it for them
C#(C) l A#m(Am) l G#(G) l G#(G) l
Out of the earth I will sing
C#(C) l A#m(Am) l C#(C) l A#m(Am) l
Out of the earth I will sing it for them
C#(C) l A#m(Am) l G#(G) l G#(G) l
Out of the earth I will sing
C#(C) l A#m(Am) l C#(C) l A#m(Am) l
Out of the earth I will sing
repeat intro
Verse 2
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
August sixth nineteen ninety three
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
I watched them fly from the shore
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
then I fell to my knees when I heard the news
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
that a big silver bird had crashed north of Ecuador
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
He said he wanted to teach the world
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
all of the treasures the earth keeps
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l
and for creatures made unseen
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l
to under-stand I now speak
Repeat chorus
repeat intro
G#(G) l Fm(Em) l F#maj7(Fmaj7) l Fm(Em) l G#(G)
He made no footsteps when he walked through the forest
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