The Past Recedes

Music & Words By: John Frusciante

(INTRO)

1, 2, 3, 4

G D Am Em
G D Am Em
G D Am Em
G D Am

(VERSE)
G D Am Em
And then the past recedes
G D Am Em
and I won't be involved
G D Am Em
The effort to be free
G D Am
Seems pointless from above

G D Am Em
You're looking down at me
G D Am Em
I'd rather stay below
G D Am Em
Than have you staring up at me
G D Am B7
It is nowhere I want to go

(CHORUS)
C D#dim7 Em D
Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive
C D#dim7 Em D
Why to be here you first got to die so I gave it a try
C G/B Am B7
And what do you know, time was so long ago

(VERSE)
G D Am Em
And things come back you see
G D Am Em
To where they don't belong
G D Am Em
and every drop of sea
G D Am B7
is the whole ocean

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(CHORUS)
C D#dim7 Em D
I lied to the greatest thieves about anything and everything
C D#dim7 Em D
I'm a figure of forgotten speech, I'm out of reach
C G/B Am B7
Oh, I can't play it safe but I might just in case

(Solo)

C D#dim7 Em D
I'm disguised as a reaching hand, I'm a working man
C D#dim7 Em D
I don't understand why clockout comes so slow every time
C G/B Am
That's one line I stay right behind
C G/B Am B7
That's one line I stay right behind

(OUTRO)

G D Am Em
G D Am Em
G D Am Em
G D Am Am
B7 G

CHORDS:

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Solo (Guitar A)

B7
E-10-8h10p8p7-|-7h8p7--------|
B--------------|-------10-8-7-|
G--------------|--------------|
D--------------|--------------|
A--------------|--------------|
E--------------|--------------|

G D Am Em
E|---|-7---------|------|-------------|
B|-8-|----10-8-7-|-8--7-|-5--33h5p3p0|
G|---|-----------|------|-------------|
D|---|-----------|------|-------------|
A|---|-----------|------|-------------|
E|---|-----------|------|-------------|

G D Am Em
E-------|----------|---------|---------|
B-0---0-|----------|---------|---------|
G---2---|-2-0h2p0--|-0---0---|---------|
D-------|--------4-|-------4-|-2-0-2-4-|
A-------|----------|---------|---------|
E-------|----------|---------|---------|

G D Am Em
E-------|-------------|------|--75h7p5\3-|
B-------|-3--1h3p1p0--|-8---|------------|
G-0-4-0-|-------------|------|------------|
D-------|-------------|------|------------|
A-------|-------------|------|------------|
E-------|-------------|------|------------|

G D Am
E--3--|--10--10--|--10b--10b-|--10b---|
B-----|----------|-----------|--------|
G-----|----------|-----------|--------|
D-----|----------|-----------|--------|
A-----|----------|-----------|--------|
E-----|----------|-----------|--------|

B7 C
E--12b--12b--|---12b--|--7--r9-|--7-----|--12--|
B------------|--------|--------|--------|------|
G-------------|--------|--------|--------|------|
D-------------|--------|--------|--------|------|
A-------------|--------|--------|--------|------|
E-------------|--------|--------|--------|------|

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Solo (Guitar B)

B7
E-14-12h14p12\10-|-10h12p10----------|
B-----------------|----------13-12-10-|
G-----------------|-------------------|
D-----------------|-------------------|
A-----------------|-------------------|
E-----------------|-------------------|

G D Am Em
E|----|-10----------|------|-------------|
B|-12-|----13-12-10-|-13---|-------------|
G|----|-------------|------|-------------|
D|----|-------------|------|-------------|
A|----|-------------|------|-------------|
E|----|-------------|------|-------------|

G D Am Em
E-------|----------|---------|---------|
B-------|----------|---------|---------|
G-------|----------|---------|---------|
D-------|----------|---------|---------|
A-------|----------|---------|---------|
E-------|----------|---------|---------|

G D Am Em
E-------|-------------|------|------------|
B-------|-------------|-----|------------|
G-------|-------------|------|------------|
D-------|-------------|------|------------|
A-------|-------------|------|------------|
E-------|-------------|------|------------|

G D Am
E-----|----------|--14b--14b-|--14b---|
B-----|----------|-----------|--------|
G-----|----------|-----------|--------|
D-----|----------|-----------|--------|
A-----|----------|-----------|--------|
E-----|----------|-----------|--------|

B7 C
E--15b--15b--|---15b--|--11--r12-|--11-----|--(12)--|
B------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|
G-------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|
D-------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|
A-------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|
E-------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|

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