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"Thorny Patch" - by John Gorka 1998 (from the CD "After Yesterday")

Capo on 4rd fret

You'll want to hammer-on an F# on the high string on the first beat of each line
that starts with an A chord

Intro: A   E   A     A  E  D

     A                E    A
It's tough before the aftermath

A               E      D
Waiting for the sky to rain

    A                   E      A
I'm almost through this thorny patch

     A             E         D
That I will not go through again...

     Bm            A        E
That I will not go through again...

     A                      D
That I will not go through again

 
A             E      A
Standing on a broken path

A               E      D
Waiting for the sky to rain


I am bound for where you live
For I am bound to who you are
My navigation's primitive
To move at all I need the stars...
To move at all I need the stars...
To move at all I need the stars...

Standing on a broken path
Waiting for the sky to rain


The blood demands a thicker skin
A thicker skin turned to the fray
It's briar, bramble, needle, pin
When it's a struggle everyday...
When it's a struggle everyday...
When it's a struggle everyday...


Standing on a broken path
Waiting for the sky to rain


If I were rich no one would know
If I were poor no one would see
No need to cultivate mystique
When every soul's a mystery...
When every soul's a mystery...
When every soul's a mystery...

Standing on a broken path
Waiting for the sky to rain


City streets are wilderness
Where paranoia's common sense
As common as the common kiss
It's a form of latent violence...
It's a form of latent violence...
It's former latent violence...

Standing on a broken path
Waiting for the sky to rain


Outro:
   D            A           D     E     A               :-)
E -2--4--5----|-------0---|-2-----0---|------0-------|
B -3--5--7----|-2--3--5---|-3-----0---|-----2--------|
G -2--6--7----|-2--4--6---|-2-----1---|----2---------|
D -0----------|-2--4--7---|-0-----2---|---2----------|
A ------------|-0---------|-------2---|--0-----------|
E ------------|-----------|-------0---|-0------------|