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Second Son - Jim Cuddy
from All In Time (1998)
Tabbed by John Foulkes (john_foulkes@bc.sympatico.ca)
Capo 2

Intro G/G*

G                    D                 Am                   Em  
Second sons are the wandering ones, so we were the best of friends.
  C                 G                       D
I never felt more like myself than when I stood beside him then.

G                    D                Am                   Em      
He lived out on the Lisgar Ridge, on top of the rocks and sand.
     C                G                    D                
He spent his days making ways of bringing water to his land.

Solo G D Am Em C G D 

G                       D               Am                   Em
Out of the blue when I came to you, I brought my cross and chain.
     C                     G                 D
I watched you paint your canvas out there standing in the rain.

G                 D                    Am               Em
So many nights I saw the lights, that you held in your hand
      C               G                D            
You never said that much to me, but I came to understand.

Chorus:
         C                      G
Oh, and one night, just around midnight
        Em   D             C   G
we were drunk and singing songs
        C           G          C            Bm
I said my life goes by and I'm so afraid to die
             Em           D                C
You said everything is right before your eyes
               Am         D               G
But when it changes now, don't you be surprised

Solo D Bm C X2
     Em D C

     G                D            Am                    Em
When God looked down upon his land he saw the lakes and trees
    C                 G                   D
He said I've made my peace but next time I'll do it differently
      G                D                  Am                    Em
I'll never forget the night they came to tell me that you'd be gone
     C                G                     D
I wondered where the light would come from now to carry on.

Chorus:
         C                      G
Oh, and one night, just around midnight
        Em   D             C   G
we were drunk and singing songs
        C           G          C            Bm
I said my life goes by and I'm so afraid to die
             Em           D                C
You said everything is right before your eyes
               Am         D               G
But when it changes now, don't you be surprised

Solo D Bm C X2
     Em D C

Outro G D Am Em