Tift Merritt - Small Talk Relations Chords

INTRO: C  Am  C  Am  C  Am  Em  G  C   (2x)

                     Am              C
I skipped a stone and watched it go
                     Am        C
The arc and then the undertow
                 Am                Em      G
Thinking a day is something like a prayer
   C           Am                  C
So much to ask, you start it soft
                  Am              C
Then the weighted locks come off
           Am                 Em           G
In the end, you just hope someone's there


CHORUS:
                C      Em     F 
'Cause all these small talk relations
                  C Em        F
Lord, there ain't nothing for real
             C    Em Bb        F
Don't nobody here at all know 
              C      Bb  F
The way that I feel


C                 Am         C
There's no one to answer to
                  Am          C
Just the dark and me and you
                  Am                 Em       G
And all the angels stand around just wishing
C                Am             C
For a drag there of your smoke
                   Am           C
A taste of skin, a sip of hope
                      Am          Em           G
To raise their skirts up where no words are rising


CHORUS:
                C      Em     F 
'Cause all these small talk relations
                  C Em        F
Lord, there ain't nothing for real
             C    Em Bb        F
Don't nobody here at all know 
              C      Bb  F     G
The way that I feel


BRIDGE:
                             Am
Workmen in the street below
                     G
Softly play a radio
                 Am                    Bb
A hymn of static through the traffic
                               F
The crowd just turns to leave
                               Em
The secret current underneath 
                          G
Cannot be heard above the racket  


CHORUS:
                C     Em     F 
Of all of these small talk relations
             C  Em         F
I can't hear one thing for real
             C    Em Bb        F
Don't nobody here at all know 
              C     Bb  F    
The way that I feel, oh oh


OUTRO:
      C Bb  F
       Oh  oh
      C Bb   F     C
       Ooh  ooh