LISTEN
by Conni Leigh James and Chris Dean
No capo (Capo 1 on half step tuning)
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[intro]
Am, F, C, G 2x
[verse 1]
Life was loud today, too much to say
Thoughts racing in my head
A world full of landmines, details, deadlines
I think I missed something you said
Life was loud today, detours, delays
Lost in the roar of the crowd
Static and white noise drown out a clear voice
Everything blindingly loud
[pre chorus 1]
Everything blindingly loud
[chorus 1]
I want to listen, if a heart has something to say
Turn the noise down, find the profound
In a silence so sacred the world falls away
I want to listen to a truth that’s hardest to hear
In the bluest of eyes, in the fall of the tides,
In the song of the universe distant and clear
[post chorus 1]
Am, F, C, G 2x
[verse 2]
Today was thunder and noise, lost in the void
A prayer dying in the din
You told me a dream in a whisper, a scream
I just couldn’t take it in
[pre chorus 2]
I just couldn’t take it in
[chorus 2]
I want to listen, if a heart has something to say
Turn the noise down, hear the profound
In a silence so sacred the world falls away
I want to listen to the truths that are hardest to hear
In the bluest of eyes, in the fall of the tides,
In the song of the universe distant and clear
[Big musical interlude here!]
Am F C G
[bridge, finger pick this]
There are stories that weave through my memories
And they ring in my blood and my bone
There’s a prayer somewhere in the passing of time
That echoes in sand and stone
There’s a question sometimes in the night sky
As faint as the promise of spring
And sometimes when it’s quiet,
I hear the universe as she sings
[down-chorus]
To the lonely cadence…… of joy and mourning
To better angels….. and their warnings
[chorus 3]
I want to listen when my heart has something to say
I want the song of the wind as morning begins
To be the music that heals on the darkest of days
I want to listen to the truths that are hardest to hear
In the bluest of eyes, in the fall of the tides,
In the song of the universe distant and clear