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Version 1*** Hint: If you like it easier: Put capo on 2nd and transpose by -2 *** [Verse 1] B G#m My phantom brother came to me E His backlit face was hard to see B E B E I couldn’t move, I couldn’t scream B G#m You can’t unhear Beethoven’s 5th E This human heart’s an aggregate B Competing feelings so disparate F# And strange [Chorus] E F# Life’s a solitary song E F# No one to clap or sing along E/G# F# It sounds so sweet and then it’s gone B E B E So suddenly [Verse 2] B G#m My aging mother steeled herself E Against the gravity she felt B E B E Braced for another fainting spell B G#m Fell in her mind through a trap door E We picked her up off of the floor B When she came to her throat was sore F# And she spoke [Chorus] E F# Life’s a game of solitaire E F# Amusement rides at county fairs E/G# F# The Tilt-A-Whirl of our despair B Ends suddenly... Where’d it go? [Instrumental] G#m B E C#m A G#m A F# [Chorus] E F# Life’s a lonely love affair E F# Kaleidoscope beyond compare E/G# F# It vanishes into thin air B So suddenly