Parts Of Speech

B G/B They sit on steps against the wind G7/B Cm The colors changing growing thin B F# In lights and lye and lost illusions E B Watch these two discussing Abm Eb What to make of Eb G/D C G/B Unborn children who may take or not take C B Let us not break B G/B Their cups are cold their hands are black G7/B They sit at angles but Cm B F# Distraction will not find them it will find them E In a white room B Abm Eb Where it's all just touching shells G/D It's touching shells C G/B But It's just nothing C B It's just nothing Ebm Gb/Db He would never know E(b5)/G# If she had never told Eb/G Him that she'd like to be a kind of mother Ebm Gb/Db Now he's on his own E(b5)/G# A drift of sallow bone Eb/G And nothing there to lift him from the shudder Bb E7b5 E Am Ab Ab/Eb A/C# Your first love teaches you the parts of speech Dm Fm Fm All the words that you never thought that you could reach E F#/A# B G/B The shop and the bulletproof chinese G7/B Cm The yellow billboard yellow frieze B Of last year's summer flicks F# E B And soon the bus of nations hits Abm Eb It's blinking in the breeze G/D Of afternoons and afternoons C G/B Of yawning C B And he's longing Bmaj7 BmMaj7 Bb Eb And though he's certain that the shudder's tied to fall A Gm/Bb His throat is tight can't quite recall G/B Eb If it's in the books or in the wall A Gm/Bb That scene of children standing tall? G/B He clears his throat G/B He clears it Em Am F He's got a place in some small town G Cm Far from the garden and the gown B She wears for someone else F# While someone else E B Will hold her hand Abm Eb In some cold off-white room Ab But he's okay Cm And you're okay Bb And we're okay Eb We break the fall Ab But he's okay Cm And you're okay Bb And we're okay Eb It's nothing it all Eb Ab Cm Bb Eb Ab Cm Bb Ebm Gb/Db He would never know E(b5)/G# If she had never told Eb/G Him that she'd like to be a kind of mother Ebm Gb/Db Now he's on his own E(b5)/G# A drift of sallow bone Eb/G And nothing there to lift him from the shudder Ebm Gb/Db E(b5)/G# G#m Your first love teaches you the parts of speech D Ebm E(b5)/Bb F#9 Your first love teaches you the parts of speech