CRD: Emmylou Harris Can You Hear Me Now

Emmylou Harris   Can You Hear Me Now written by Emmylou Harris
                                                Malcolm Burn

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Oh the walls are closin´ in I can feel it in my bones
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Like water risin´ up to my  chin
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Another long night to be alone
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I could go out on the town
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Talk too much and laugh too loud
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If I´m already on my way down
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I might as well just work the crowd
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now
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Oh the stories I could tell 
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Sometimes I really hit my stride 
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We make our own heaven and our own hell
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Tryin to get across to the other side 
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But everyday ends up the same 
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One step up two steps back 
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Like some old silent movie frame 
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Zoom in close then fade to black
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now

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Gm                            Eb
How did the load get to be so heavy 
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I used to wear my troubie like a crown 
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A bad flood's poundin' on the levee
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And l'm gonna need some help 
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To hold my ground

SOLO

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But I'm sinkin' like a stone
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To where in solitude this life I'll spend
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In the coldest place I've ever known 
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I'm here just waitin' until the end 
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I send up my S.O.S. 
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A message in a bottle set out to sea 
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It just reads soul in distress 
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But nobody ever got back to me 
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now
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Can you hear me now can you hear me now


Emmylou Marris  -   acoustic guitar  
Buddy Miller    -   guitar 
Bernie Leadon   -   guitar 
Ethan Johns     -   guitar/drums 
Daryl Johnson   -   bass/backing vocals  
Tony Hall       -   bass 
Daniel Lanois   -   pedal steel guitar/backing vocals 
Malcolm Burn    -   Fender Rhodes/harmonica/backing vocals  
Jane Siberry    -   backing vocals 

>From "Stumble Into Grace"
Nonesuch Records (2003)
Poodlebone Music/Neeha Music(ASCAP)