Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town  

Highest note is the 4 (“never *dreamed*”)

Vox on the 1 on “I”

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I	seem to	recognize your	face

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Haunt	ing fam	iliar yet, I can’t	seem to	place it

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Cannot fi	nd the	candle of thought to	light your	name

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Lifet	imes are	catchin’ up with	me

C	A	C
All these	changes taking	place

	A	C
I	wish I’d seen the	place

	A	Em
But	no one’s ever	taken me

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I	swear I	recognize your	breath

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Memories,	like	fingerprints are	slowly	raising

Vox on the 5 on “me” this time

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Me you	wouldn’t re	call, for I’m	not my	former

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It’s hard wh	en you’re	stuck upon the	shelf

C	A	C
I changed by	not changing at	all

	A	C
Small	town predicts my	fate

	A	Em
Per	haps that’s what no one	wants to see

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I just	want to	scream, hell	o

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My	god, it’s	been so long, never	dreamed you’d	return

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But now	here you	are and	here I	am

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Hearts and	thoughts they	fade awa	y