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, Oh When My Body Stops Tabs
Artist/Band: John Hartford Tabs
Song: Oh When My Body Stops Tab
Oh When My Body Stops
John Hartford
You tube: Washington DC 1970
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of: E
The F# doesn't quite sound right; any help there appreciated...v.g.
E
Say that I stop changing
A E
Say that I stop growing
E
Say that I stop growing
A E
Is to admit that I am dead
Chorus 1:
F# E
Oh----when my body stops
A E
My brain will have to slam on its brakes
And it will skid on ----a- few- more- feet
A E
Before it crashes
Chorus 2:
E
Say that I am a thinker
A E
Just say that I know something
E
It is to say that I know something
A E
Is nothing in itself
F#
Oh---when my poetry stops
My brain will slam on its brakes
Will it skid--- on a few more feet
Before it whispers
Chorus 1:
E
Oh---to say that I am imperfect
A E
Is to say that I am human
And to say I am human
A E
Is perfection in itself
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