Key: F
Introduction:
Fm
My well is dry
My words hollow
Db Ab Eb
Promises brittle as my bones
Fm
You'll get nothing from me
Db Ab
You're squeezing water from a stone
C Fm
And I'm fool enough to be this alone
Ab
Ain't you supposed to bend?
Fm Db Ab
Ain't you supposed to flex like a willow in the wind?
Db Ab Fm
Ain't it easier to be-e-e-eeeeeee-end?
Fm
I am the one who stayed behind
Db Ab
My will is i--ron
Eb
I know
Fm
That I haven't learned a thing
Db Ab
From the trouble it's got me in
C Fm
And my troubles are just starting to begin
Ab
Ain't you supposed to bend?
Fm Db Ab
Ain't you supposed to flex like a willow in the wind?
Db Ab
Ain't it easier to be-e-e-eeeeend?
Fm
You run deep in me
Db Ab Eb
Like a place where a river used to be
Fm Db Ab
And I know it was a long time ago
C Fm
But now all that's left is sediment and stone
Ab
Ain't you supposed to bend?
Fm Db Ab
Ain't you supposed to flex like a willow in the wind?
Db Ab
Ain't it easier to be-e-e-eeeeend?
Bbm Ab Db
You are a dia-mond and I'm just coal
Bbm Ab Db
If you are a riv-er then I'm just stone
Bbm Ab Db Bbm
You are fle--esh and I'm just bone
Bbm C Fm
You are a churning river shaping my stone
Bbm Ab
You are the spring thaw
Db
You are the flow of the river
Bbm Ab
You are end-less
Db
And I'm just sto-o-o-o-one
Bbm C
You are the river
F
I'm just the stone
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