Chord/Tab song: Studying Stones

Studying Stones by Ani DiFranco
Standard tuning
Capo 1

Chord 3 (Ch3) bm


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I am [bm]out here studying stones
Trying to l[A]earn to be less alive
Using a[G]ll of my will
To keep[A] very still
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Still even on the inside

I've cut a[bm]ll of the pertinent wires
So my [A]eyes can't make that connection
I am [G]holding my breath
I am [A]feigning my death
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When I'm looking in your direction

'Course [D]numb is an old hat
Old as my [C]oldest memories
See [G]that one's my mother
And [A]that one's my father
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And that one in the hat, that's me

It's a [D]skill I'd hoped to abandon
When I [A]got out on the open road
But any more [C]pent up emotion
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And I think I'm gonna explode

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There's never been an endeavor so strange
As trying to s[A]low the blood in my veins
To [G]keep my face blank
As a [A]stone that just sank
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Until not a ripple remains

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I am high above the tree line
Sitting [A]cross legged on the ground
When [G]all of the forbidden fruit
has [A]fallen and rotted
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That's when I'm gonna come down

'Course [D]numb is an old hat
Old as my [C]oldest memories
See [G]that one's my mother
And [A]that one's my father
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And that one in the hat, that's me

It's a [D]skill I'd hoped to abandon
When I [A]got out on the open road
But any more [C]pent up emotion
A Ch3
And I think I'm gonna explode