Your Reply chords

[INTRO]
[Eb] [Eb7] [Ab]
[Eb] [Eb7] [Ab]

[VERSE 1]
Some[Eb]body wrote "tender" in the [Eb7]novel's margins
As [Ab]if to remind about a precious force
[Eb]In the next par[Eb7]agraph, the protagonist
Sat [Ab]down on the belly of a[Eb7] dea[Eb]d ho[Fm]rse
The [Eb]author I [Eb7]read fell from a [Ab]window many stories high
St[Eb]retching out to feed [Eb7]pigeons or a [Ab]stray cat depending on the [Fm]webs[Bb]ite

[CHORUS]
[Cm]Whether or not I have or was gi[Fm]ven a little more time
There j[Bb]ust doesn't seem to be much room [Ab]for a reply
And it's [Cm]possible it only belongs [Fm]where it happened, fine
According to J[Bb]ohn, fear softens into doubt
To w[Ab]hat do I cling and think is [Eb]mine? N[Ab]o reply

[Eb] [Eb7] [Ab]

[VERSE 2]
"Think the [Eb]last time I came up this way I was younger"
Said your [Ab]aunt, isn't it a good line?
We [Eb]found the garden abandoned
And that [Ab]night became dark over[Cm] ch[F]icken and [Ab]wine
[Eb]Documentarians tossing [Ab]lemmings stunned over the edge
Wartime [Eb]juveniles shot and martyred for the [Ab]crime[Cm] of [Fm7]steal[Fm]ing [Bb]eggs
[Fm7]Dinner, by the [Fm]way, was [Ab]divine
I [Eb]drank the last of the [C]coffee waiting [Fm]for you to [Bb]rise

[CHORUS]
[Cm]Whether or not I have or was [Fm]given a little more time
There [Bb]just doesn't seem to be much room [Ab]for a reply
And it's [Cm]possible it only belongs [Fm]where it happened, fine
According to J[Bb]ohn, fear softens into doubt
To [Ab]what do I cling and think is⁠—
Cm* Fm*
Whether or not I have or was given a little more time
Bb* Ab*
There just doesn't seem to be much room for your reply
And it's [Cm]possible it only belongs [Fm]where it happened, fine
According to [Bb]John, fear softens [Bb7]into doubt
To [Ab]what do I cling and think is [Eb]mine? No re[Ab]ply

[INTERLUDE]
[Eb] [Ab]

[OUTRO]
[Eb]Reply, no [Ab]
[Eb]