The Longest Memory

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Birthed in a shadow only true eye can see
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Born with its twin, memory
       Em7  Fmaj7    Em7 Fmaj7
Rolling on, rolling down

G7
The queerest thing followed in its wake

Makes me feel like dying, stark naked
        Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7
Rolling down, rolling down

G7
And you don't know night

You don't know day

You don't know why you feel this way
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And I do somehow, I do somehow

G7
See them folk on the hill; they ain't no friend of mine

Don't knock on my door, they ain't got no time
           Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7
Ain't they proud, ain't they proud?

G7
But I swear that I heard this story one time

About visions and greatness born to every child
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Rolling down, tears are rolling down
   G7                      C
Rolling down this state of mind

[Bridge]

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Ooh, ooh-mm

Mmm-hmmm
 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7
Hmmm-hmm

[Verse]

G7
All things being equal, at least in degrees

Different, different pedigrees
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They're burning down the streets
           Em7        Fmaj7
Take the burden to the streets
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'Cos now that she's gone do you think we're all free

Slipping the chains of history?
                 Em7           Fmaj7              Em7 Fmaj7
His tears are rolling down, they're still rolling down, mm-hmm
         G7
Oh it's pure and it's perfect and you know what they say?

The good book maketh good men

Then they go to their graves
       Em7     Fmaj7
Don't fear the fight
       Em7     Fmaj7
Don't you fear the fight

[Middle 8]

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But the loneliness
G7
Oh, the loneliness
G7
Yeah, the loneliness
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Is the longest memory

          G7    C
It's the longest memory