Proud Crowd / Pride Cried Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][Bm][G][D][A]
[Bm][D][G]
[A]I can't

[Verse 1]
[D]
call you from this place
To [A]hear you say that I'm not your kind
It's [Bm]a thin road before us, we're
the [G]wake left behind
It's [D]sad and I fail to see [A]what
it had to do with you and me
[D]But [G]I guess that's like wondering
what's a point to a line
[A]There must be [G]something I wanted
more [A]than wanting your love
'Cause [Bm]you stood in my doorway
[D]and I [G]stood in my glove
[D]Most afraid to follow,
[A]a kingdom my stride
It's so [G]telling what won't
live with hunger and [A]pride

[Verse 2]
I [D]thought of you often but I
[A]never could tell you
[Bm]The 'you' that I cherished,
something [G]hurt me so bad
A [D]few had come close,
I couldn't [A]take them in either
I guess [G]the distance between
us was my love never [A]had
And [G]though we live separate
[Em]I ke[A]ep two rooms open
[Bm]One has you in i[A]t, t[Bm]he oth[G]er does not
And I [D]move in the middle,
un[A]sure and protected
And [G]I trip on my rope,
vaguely sensing [A]I'm caught
[D]A friend tried

[Verse 3]
to find me and
[A]saw through to my wheel
She said [Bm]you're now on the bottom,
it's [D]either [G]that or the top
You can [D]keep yourself tiny
and [A]bang on the big door
Or [G]take the space saved
for the queen of the hop
[A]But you know que[G]ens have
their problems too
And my [A]size won't stay static
I like [Bm]to think I never was one
for [G]the hoop anyway
And then [D]that night I dreamed again
[A]of the far side of nothing
And [G]trembling with terror I chose to come
back this [A]way

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][Bm][G][D][A]
[G][A]

[Verse 4]
In the [D]streets or the after,
[A]in the churches or in memory
The [Bm]light that will guide you is
the source [G]of the flame
While [D]stumbling the back alleys
in [A]search of right action
I [G]fell and wept darkly
and acknowledged your [A]name
And the [G]door to my prison dis
[A]solved right before me
But [F#m]like a[Bm] young fool I quick looked
[D]for a [G]power to claim
[Em]And my [D]wailing increased [A]with the
shock of the knowledge
That I [G]often have needed
something out there to [A]blame
I [D]give up my fisted

[Verse 5]
[D]touch,
my [A]thoughts strong like fences
My [Bm]to tem- pole stature,
[G]body chipped to the bone
I'm [D]nobody's savior,
and [A]nobody's mine either
I [G]hear the desert wind whisper,
"But neither are we alone"
[A]Sure I lon[G]g to ask how you're doing,
if you [A]got to the lightness
That you [Bm]wanted so fiercely when
we drif[G]ted that way
[Em]There's no [D]telephones ringing now,
but I [A]feel something calling me
And I'm [G]ready to go,
I just need time [A]to say
[D]Hearts are like meadows,
with their [A]weathered potential
With their [Bm]reasons diluted by [G]reason itself
I may be [D]shivering at the foot of
this [A]slow- giving mountain
But [G]the tiny spring flowers
can look just like [A]you
And I [G]won't ask the purpose
of [A]all of my footsteps
And [Bm]I won't let my eyelids cast [D]down[G]
I am [D]looking for something out
[A]side of forgiveness
[D]You might [G]call it the jewel of the crown

[Outro 1]
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