Shred Of A String

Intro Riff: [G     A  Bb   C (C7)]
      s       s   h
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4 ---------3---------0---
3 -------3-------0-3-----
2 -1-3-5-----3-5---------
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Chorus Riff: [Bb F C]
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    s   h p   s
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5 -----------------------
4 -----5-----------------
3 -----5-7-5-------5-----
2 -5-7-------7-5-3---0-1-
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verse 1:
G         F                 Bb  C (C7)
I met the good Lord down in New Orleans,
G                F                  Bb         C (C7)
and He showed me many things that I aint never seen,
G                F                  Bb         C (C7)
and He taught me how to fly like a bird on the wing,
D              C          D                       G
but He left me hanging on . . . . on a shred of a string

verse 2:
I saw the Devil in the eye of a dream,
and now I know everything is not what it seems.
Clear as a conscience that aint done a thing,
clouded and clutching on . . . . to a shred of a string

chorus:

Bb   F          C
I don't want to cry anymore
   Bb  F             C
and I'm not scared to die, but for
    Bb        F          C
this line that ties me to you and the things
      Bb        F          C
that I do when I can't feel a thing . . . .
D    C       D                             G
Here hanging on . . . . on this shred of a string

verse 3:
I found my love in the heart of a thief,
but the wings of that dove brought a lifetime of grief.
And I'll sing this song, though it don't mean a thing,
and I'll just keep swinging on . . . . this shred of a string

chorus:
I don't want to cry anymore
and I'm not scared to die, but for
this line that ties me to you
and the things that I do when I can't feel a thing . . . .
while I'm hanging on . . . . on this shred of a string

© John McGaraghan