To Ramona

[Verse 1]
C/G  C/G
   Ramona, come closer
                            G
Shut softly your watery eyes
G6 G7
     The pangs of your sadness
                              C   Csus4
Will pass as your senses will rise
C/G        F
   For the flowers of the city
Though breathlike,
                  G
get deathlike sometimes
G6 G7
     And there's no use in tryin'
To deal with the dyin'
                                C/G
Though I cannot explain that in lines

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
     C/G
Your cracked country lips
I still wish to kiss
                                    G
As to be under the strength of your skin
G6 G7
     Your magnetic movements
                              C
Still capture the minutes I'm in
C/G              F
   But it grieves my heart, love
To see you tryin' to be a part of
                          G
A world that just don't exist
G6 G7
     It's all just a dream, babe
A vacuum, a scheme, babe
                                 C/G
That sucks you into feelin' like this

[Verse 3]
      C/G
I can see that your head
Has been twisted and fed
                                  G
With worthless foam from the mouth
G6 G7
     I can tell you are torn
Between stayin' and returnin'
G6               C
Back to the South
C/G                  F
   You've been fooled into thinkin'
                                 G
That the finishin' end is at hand
Yet there's no one to beat you
No one t' defeat you
                          G7           C/G
'Cept the thoughts of yourself feelin' bad

[Verse 4]
               C/G
I've heard you say many times
That you're better than no one
                          G
And no one is better than you
G6 G7
     If you really believe that
You know you have
           G6      G          C   Csus4
Nothin' to win and nothin' to lose
C/G     F
   From fixtures and forces and friends
                 G
Your sorrow does stem
That hype you and type you
Makin' you feel
         G6       G7           C/G
That you gotta be exactly like them

[Verse 5]
       C/G
I'd forever talk to you
But soon my words
                              G
Would turn into a meaningless ring
G6 G7
     For deep in my heart
                              C/G
I know there is no help I can bring
  F
Everything passes
Everything changes
                                  G
Just do what you think you should do
G6 G7
     And someday maybe
Who knows, baby
                           C  F G6 C
I'll come and be cryin' to you