Sunlight In A Jar

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We've never been much chop
                  A
At all that sensual stuff,
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One of us always seems to stop
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Before the other's had enough
D
Like a self-help manual that's been
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written in Braille It seems
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the more that we touch The more we
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learn about our failings


D
I'm struck speechless by the
A
nape of your neck But your
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requests and suggestions Have a
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similar effect A
D
litany of prettiness
A
and pettiness, too I reckon
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every second second We come
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up with something new


  D                     G      Em
I tried to write an opera for us But I
D       F#     Em     D
didn't get that far

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'Cause trying to sum you up in song
        Em              G              F#  Em
Is like catching sunlight in a jar

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D                                 A
Complex, completely credible love
        F#                                              G
The kind that is made, not handed to you from above
   D                                    A
Is difficult to talk about and harder to write
   F#                                           G
Like the rhythm of a pulse, or the contours of firelight


D                                       A
Overblown libretto and a sumptuous score
F#                              G
Could never contain the contradictions I adore
D                                                A
We can just be chaos and then something aligns
        F#                                           G                 G
It's so hard to contain, maintain it or define it


D                        G             Em
I tried to write another chorus
        D       F#  D   Em   D
But I didn't get that far
                          F#            G      Em
'Cause trying to sum you up in song
                            D           F#   Em
Is like catching sunlight in a jar

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It's like catching sunlight in a jar
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sunlight in a jar
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sunlight in a jar