Name: The Graveyard on the Mountain
Duration: P00H02M12S
Description: props to Willow for inspiring me to delete Instagram and get those creative juices flowing. This was written after I recovered from COVID, and not riding a bike for a month and a half. I rode up the graveyard on the mountain and brought my 'ukulele, just like I used to do in the 2020 lockdown.

The Graveyard on the Mountain

from Sketches I by Nathan Maxwell

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props to Willow for inspiring me to delete Instagram and get those creative juices flowing. This was written after I recovered from COVID, and not riding a bike for a month and a half. I rode up the graveyard on the mountain and brought my 'ukulele, just like I used to do in the 2020 lockdown.

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Ab Abmaj7
I get on my bike and I ride up the mountain
Dbmaj7/Ab
I take my four strings on the road
Ab Abmaj7
The cars pass close by me, my breathing is heavy
Dbmaj7/Ab
My legs hardly carry the load

Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
The wrought-iron gates round the corner
Ebsus4/Bb Eb/Bb Ab7/C
Will be closed by the time I come back
Dbadd9 C7 Fm
I sail on through as the sky fades from blue
Ab+ Bbm7 Abmaj7/C
With precious minutes before it turns black

Dbmaj7 Ebsus4 Eb

Abmaj7 Ab7
When the sun kisses down on the bustling town
Dbmaj7/Ab Dbm6/Ab
The sounds hardly touch me up here
Fm7/C Bb7 Eb7/Bb
I'm singing my songs as the evening passes on
Absus4 Absus2 Dbmaj7/Ab
Streaks of red and gold appear

Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7
How many ghosts do I sing to tonight?
Ebsus4/Bb Eb/Bb Ab7/C
How many ears turned my way?
Dbadd9 C7 Fm
How can I pay my respects all the more
Bbm7 Dbm6/Ab Ab6/9
To those that have nothing to say?

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from Sketches I, released June 1, 2022

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Nathan Maxwell Salem, Oregon

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