Thoroughfare Gap Stephen Stills
Someti[G]mes I Consider My Pac[C]e [G]
I'm Reminded[D] Of A Train Gatherin[G]g Speed [C]
For The Climb [G]To The Pass [D]
In Whose Shadow I[G]t All Really Lies [C]
A Sm[G]all Metal Wagon Ap[D]proaching [G]
The Eve[C]r Present Ascending R[G]ise [D]
To The Southern Mountains [G] [C] [G] [D]
[G]Reeling And Snaking [C]And Leaping [G]
It S[D]eems Like It Wants To[G] Come Loose [C]
>From Its Path [G]Cast In Iron [D]
But She Can't [G]Slow Down Now [C]
As The Earth[G] Has Presented [D]
A New[G] Crest To Reach [C]
Without Barely [G]A Rest [D]
>From The Last One[G] [C] [G] [D]
And You Wonder J[G]ust What Lies Beyond[C] [G]
Though You've Been There B[D]efore [G]
And Forget Ab[C]out The Effort And The [G]Strain [D]
[G]Always Ascending[C]
Each Yard[G] Adds A Mile [D]
To The Never-[G]ending Pull [C]
Of The Steep[G]ening Grade [D]
That's Before Yo[G]u [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D]
A Val[G]ley, A Forest[C], A Desert, A S[G]tream [D]
With An Oversize[G]d Bridge [C]
For The Trickl[G]e There Beneath [D]
You Remember [G]The Torrent [C]
It Tu[G]rned To Last Spring [D]
>From The Snows M[G]elting Fast [C]
And The River I[G]t Became [D]
In The Summ[G]er [C] [G] [D]
Perh[G]aps It Is Ruined[C]
>From A Fire Th[G]at Has Scorched It [D]
So Bad[G]ly That Nothing [C]
Will Gro[G]w Without Rain [D]
To Was[G]h Away The Blackened Soil[C]
Now Usele[G]ss Till Called Upo[D]n Again [G]
In A Futu[C]re As Twisted An[G]d Far Away [D]
As The Next Range Of Mou[G]ntains [C] [G] [D]
So Tak[G]e It As Far As[C] You See [G]
And Beyond [D]
[G]With Eyes You Don't Use Enough [C]
[G]Gather Up Streng[D]th
As Tho[G]roughfare Gap [C]
Will Await [G]You Forever [D]
[G]You're Seeking To Get There [C]
[G]For Even Befor[D]e
It's No Matte[C]r
[D]No Distance
[G]It's The Ride [C] [G] [Gsus4] [G]
from the Stephen Stills album, "Thoroughfare Gap" (1978) and the "CSN Boxed
Set"(1991)
Submitted by David L'Heureux
KrisNDave@aol.com
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