Two Steps Forward Chords & Lyrics - Emmy The Great

Intro: (Optional, sometimes she just starts with C)
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [C/B] [C] [C]/[B]
[F] [G] [C]

[C]In the middle of September we [G]entertained the thought
[Am]of falling into rabbit holes and[F] never coming out
[F]* [C]
in the garden of a girl who's mum is friends with Elton John, so she kept
[G]telling us

but still
we slipped a[C] year or so behind ourselves
the [G]time's already gone,
when [Am]people were just people not the[F] jobs that they perform
[F]* [C]
our songs were just a thing we did with melody's and chords
now you'r[G]e available in all good record stores.

but [Dm]

i k[G]new you best back when l[C]ove was just a [C/B]feeling that ran out[Am] between my
legs onto the[F] , back of my dr[G]ess
onto the cl[C]othes that i was wearing

oh [C]when i was a child i was [G]expected to believe
in[Am] something up above that no one [F]touches or can see
[F]* [C]
but now they tell me that unless you're looking out of magazines well then
you d[G]on't exist but i knew that that you wer[C]e real before i read it
in an inte[G]rview today before i [Am]used you as a surface - did a li[F]ne across your face
[F]* [C]
in the toilet of a girl who's sitting outside dropping names like they were
[G]carpet bombs, she knows everyone
[Dm]but, i[G] knew you first back when [C]love was under[C/B]neath you with my [Am]fingers in the dirt,
you said &quo[F]t;i'll stop if i[G]t hurts"
you said &qu[Am]ot;i'll stop it if it's scary,"
you sai[F]d "you know that i can stop[G] this any time,
if you think that it i[C]s tearing"
and[Am] i think of you when the lea[F]ves are brown,
i think [C]of leaves that i have felt against my [G]body on the ground
i think [Am]of places where we could go [F]to now until they find us 'til they catch
us, 'til they wake[G] us and
we drown until I [F]know whe[G]re i am
i'm in a [C]garden[C/B] of rememb[Am]ering your fingers in my hand, were like a[F] book made
of sa[G]nd [C]
and it[C]s the middle of September.
your i[G]mage starts to fade into the one that they have printed on t[F]he 27th page
[F]* [C] [G]
don't like to read these things you know i do it anyway i have no choice
have no choice i say
and i go [C]out into the garden the b[G]irds begin to sing i am t[Am]roubled by the
thought of all the [F]daylight they will bring
[F]* [C] [G]
i think that i will let somebody take me home again
Cause[Dm] if i..
knew you at [G]all
that my l[C]ove was under[C/B]neath you making [Am]puddles on the floor
and that [C]i sleep to the th[G]ought of
Some g[C]arden in se[C/B]ptember where I've [Am]never been before
It's slipp[C]ing, ou[G]t of the door
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [C/B] [C] [C]/[B]
two people walking two steps forward always to the lives they've chosen
c[F]licks and hums an[G]d sirens and the[C] sun
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [C/B] [C] [C]/[B]
of two people walking two steps forward always to the lives they've chosen,
c[F]licks and hums and [G]sirens and the[C] sun
o[F]f two people walking [G]two steps forward a[C]lways to the li[E]ves we've chosen
c[F]licks and hums and s[G]ilence and th[C]e sun

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(She plays F as *below* so you just lift your middle finger off for F*)
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