Phoenix Falling chords

Maura O'Connell

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  			Intro 
Am  G  F  G 
Am  G  F  G  Am 

Verse 
      G       F                 G        Am   G  F  G  Am 
Every day she walks down to the river at noon 
        G        F        G               Am     G    F 
"I will never be young anymore", she says, "How about you?" 

Verse 
           Dm  C   F 
Are we the same__, or 
G           Dm  C  F    G         Dm   C 
Do you have one___ more reason to stay here 
F         G          Am   G  F  G  Am 
Chipping away at the time 

Verse 
           G              F              G        Am    G  F  G  Am 
She's been wrestling with questions that offer no choice 
      G            F          G        Am G   F 
Conversations that run in the monotone of her voice 

verse 4 
    Dm  C  F         G         Dm  C 
Oh, why___ do I keep chipping away here 
    F             G           Dm  C 
The darkness that fills every day with 
F            G        Am   G  F  G  C 
No change in sight anywhere 

 
        G/B          Am         G          F 
Phoenix falling, the angels are calling me home 
                G/B        C 
Children coming running to 
        G/B      Am            G                F 
See the lady who stands on the bridge, will she jump? 
D7                    F 
Or will she die, all alone in the night 
         D7                        F 
Just the tears in her eyes and the dust on her clothes 
G  Am   G  F  G  Am  G  F  G  Am 
Dangled 

Verse 
      G              F          G       Am     G  F  G  Am 
Say a prayer for the mother who never returned 
          G              F           G         Am    G   F 
Bless the days when it's all you can do not to crash and burn 

Verse 
     Dm  C  F              G     Dm   C 
"Oh, why__, why" she says "Am I alone when 
F          G          Dm    C 
Multitudes crowd all around me 
F            G           Am   G  F  G  C 
Sunshine and bright everywhere_____ 

 
        G/B          Am         G          F 
Phoenix falling, the angels are calling me home 
                G/B        C 
Children coming running to 
        G/B      Am            G                F 
See the lady who stands on the bridge, will she jump? 
D7                    F 
Or will she die, all alone in the night 
         D7                        F 
Just the tears in her eyes and the dust on her clothes 
G  Am   G  F  G  Am  G  F  G  Am 
Dangled 

        G/B          Am         G          F 
Phoenix falling, the angels are calling me home 
                G/B        C 
Children coming running to 
        G/B      Am            G                F 
See the lady who stands on the bridge, will she jump? 
D7                    F 
Or will she die, all alone in the night 
         D7                        F 
Just the tears in her eyes and the dust on her clothes 
G  Am   G  F  G  Am  G  F  G    Am 
Jangled