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(D)I (G5)seem to (G)rec og nize
your face.
(D)Haunt (G5)ing, fam il iar, yet I can’t (G5)seem to (G)place it.
(G5)Me, not you find would n’t re the call, dle of thought for I’m light not your (G)for mer.
Life hard when times are (G)catch ing up
with me.
(G5)All these by (A7)chang es tak ing place,
I (A7)wish I’d seen the place,
but (A7)no one’s ev no er (Em7)tak en me.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
(D)I (G5)swear I (G)rec og nize
your breath.
(D)Mem (G5)’ries like fin ger prints I are (G5)slow ly (G)rais ing.
(G5)Me, not you find would n’t re the call, dle of thought for I’m light not my (G)for mer.
It’s hard when times you’re (G)stuck up on
the shelf.
(G5)I changed by (A7)not chang ing at all.
Small (A7)town pre dicts my fate,
per (A7)haps that’s what no one (Em7)wants to see.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
(D)I just (G5)want to (G)scream,
“Hel lo.
(D)My (G5)God, it’s (G)been so long, nev er (G5)dreamed you’d (G)re turn.
(D)But now, (G5)here you (G)are,
and (G5)here I (G)am.
My (D)hearts and thoughts they fade
a way.”
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)a
(G)way.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,
(G5)fade
a (G)way.
This page shows “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town” by Pearl Jam in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 92 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.