Patty Griffin – A Place To Stand chords

Tab by Matt Morrow, PattyNet.net

Standard Tuning
Capo I

Intro (4X):

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Dsus2Here on the inside, looking at the outside

Dsus2Losing my memory faster than my pride

G                Cadd9      G          Dsus2Here I am, baby, blind as a bat out of hell

Dsus2Cut me loose of that ball and chain

Dsus2Packed up a glad-bag, hopped on a train

       G                Cadd9        G     Dsus2To the land of the lonely, as far as I can tell

       A                      GI was laughing like a fool on fire

A                      GCandle burning into my hand

A                        GSitting like a bird on a wire

         GI had to find me a place to stand


Well, this city's got its poison pens
And its children in armor, frustrated men
And women who don't know why they were sent at all
You might think that we'd had our fill
And we'd stand up and fight if we just had the will
If we just a little more time and love or something
Oh, we're all laughing like fools on fire
Standing burning into our hand
Sitting like birds on a wire
I got to find me a place to stand

Cadd9   G/B          G       DFoolish hearts don't have no rest

         Cadd9       G/B              G      DFrom the moment your head leaves your mama's chest

         Cadd9      G/B      G             DFrom the moment you hold the child in your hands

         Cadd9                        G/B                AFrom the moment you think that you'll find your place to stand

Little bit older, years go by
Squeezing that stone, but my well's still dry
Here I am, here I am
Oh, I'm laughing like a fool on fire
Candle burning into my hand
Sitting like a bird on a wire
I had to find me a place to stand