Past Recedes Chords & Tabs
John Frusciante - The Past Recedes
From the album "Curtains"
Enjoy!
Intro:
G - D - Am - Em (3x)
G - D - Am (Stop)
Verse 1
G D Am Em
And then the past recedes
G D Am Em
And I won't be involved
G D Am Em
The effort to be free
G D Am
Seems pointless from above
Verse 2:
G D Am Em
You're looking down at me
G D Am Em
I'd rather stay below
G D Am Em
Than have you staring up at me
G D Am Bsus-B (You can just use B, works fine)
There's no where I want to go
Chorus 1:
C D#dim7 Em D
Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive
C D#dim7 Em
Why to be here you've first got to die
D
So I gave it a try
C Em7
And what do you know
Am B
Time was so long ago
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_frusciante/past_recedes_crd_ver_3.html ]
Verse 3
G D Am Em
And thinks come back you see
G D Am Em
To where they don't belong
G D Am Em
And every drop of sea
G D Am Bsus-B (same thing)
Is the whole ocean
Chorus 2:
C D#dim7
I lied to the greatest thieves
Em D
About anything and everything
C D#dim7 Em
I'm a figure of forgotten speech
D
I'm out of reach
C Em7
Oh, I can't play it safe
Am B
But I might just in case
Adlib: (Do Intro Chords then on the 4th time G-D-Am-B)
Chorus 3
C D#dim7 Em
Oh, I'm disguised as a reaching hand
D
I'm a working man
C D#dim7
I don't understand why clockout
Em D
Comes so slow every time
C Em7 Am
That's one line I stay right behind
C Em7 Am B...
That's one line I stay right behind
Yeah...
Do Intro Chords 3x then 4th time G-D-Am-B
Outro:
G
Notes:
D#dim7 - x6757x
-bootyman