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Watching My Life Go By   Michael Hedges

 
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 pianoforte [ligbtly witb grace and energy, LET IT BREATBE]


 [and keep 16tbs going on tbe top 2 strings as sbown vaguely below] 


 


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 Saviors even come on different days


 


 

 
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 Bleeding his colors into several shades


 


 

 
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 Forte [stronger]


 


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 Watching my life go by


 


 

 
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 slides up to 12th fret from open string.


 


 

 
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 I'm watching my life go by


 


 

 
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 Watching my life go by


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 Nobody knows how close ... "together" means


 

 
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 Love is a race we run at different speeds


 

 
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 Pacing ourselves to deal with different needs


 


 

 
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 But I am a spectator caught in a crowd of laughter


 

 
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 Watching my life go by


 

 
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 I'm watching my life go by


 

 
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 GLISS


 ~~~crescendo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


 


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 Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee deet deet


 

 
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 Dee Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


 

 
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 Dweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Daa


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 eeeeeeeee Ah - dah - daaaaaahhhhh


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 [same as verses above] 


 


 Somebody help me find my way back down


 There's nobody left for me to lap around


 Everyone's breaking past my speed of sound


 I am a dictator I keep my soul surrounded


 Watching my life, Waaah - tching my life, Watching my life ....


 


 I'm watching my life go by


 


 Watching my life go by


 


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 ~~~crescendo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>


 


 Watching my life!


 


 

 
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 Alternative harmonics [tbe entire barmonics part]


 


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