I Heard It Sound

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I heard it sound from the valleys low
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I heard it from mountaintops covered in snow
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I heard it rise from the oceans deep
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I heard it echo off canyon walls steep

Am
What'd you hear?
      C      F
A beautiful sound
Am
How'd it sound?
      C           F
It sounded like this

(Beautiful sound)
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As it echoed in my ears
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My face glistened damp with the sheen of my tears
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As I drew near to your side
Dm                       F
I knew it was useless to flee or to hide

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There is a sound ringing out day and night
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It fills up each shadow on earth with its light
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I felt the sound fill my innards and limbs
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I felt it watching me think from within

 Am
What'd it see?
  C               F
Desire split in thirds
 Am
How'd it feel?
  C             F
The strain was immense

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These are the times that test all our bonds
     Dm                  G
Our mutual will is all twisted and stretched
 C                       Am
But still the sound, the notes and the chords
   Dm                           G
Reside in our chests where they've been deeply etched

    Am            C
My soul and spirit are apart
     Dm                    F
My bones and my marrow, divided as well
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And what the eye that sees me sees
     Dm                   F
Are pieces of body and fractions of self

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Ah-Ah-Ahs

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What'd you hear?
Am              C F
How'd it sound?