a
Jars of Clay
Tea and Sympathy
G
Fare thee well
F Em7
Trade in all our words for tea and sympathy
F Em7
Wonder why we tried for things we never could be
A7
Play our heart's lament
Em7 D C2
Like an unresearsed symphony
G
Not intend
F2 Em7 G
To leave this castle full of empty rooms
F2 Em7
Our love the captive in the tower never rescued
A7
And all the victory songs
Em7 D C2
Seemed to be playing out of tune
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D Bm7 F#m7
'Cause it's not the way that it has to be
G D
Don't trade our love for tea and sympathy no...
Bm7 Am7 Em
No, it's not the way that it has to be
A
You begin
G D/F# A
All your words fall to the floor and break like china cups
G F#m7
And the waitress grabs a broom and tries to sweep them up
B7 F#m7 E
I reach for my tea slowly drink in
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G
Fare thee well
F Em7 G
The words the bag that fill my head
F
I could taste the bitterness
Em7
and call the waitress instead
A7
'cause she holds the answer
Em7 D C2
Smiles and asks One teaspoon or two?
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A7sus A7 D
We can work it out
A
X 0 2 2 2 0
- 5 7 7 6 5 5
- X 12 14 14 14 12
- 5 4 2 2 2 5
A7
X 0 2 0 2 0
- X 0 2 0 2 3
- X 0 2 2 2 3
- 5 4 5 0 5 5
- 5 4 5 0 5 0
- 5 4 5 6 5 5
- X 0 5 6 5 0
- X 0 5 6 5 5
- 5 0 5 6 5 0
- 5 7 5 6 5 5
- 5 X 5 6 5 5
- 5 X 5 6 5 0
- X X 7 6 8 0
- X 0 7 6 8 0
- X X 7 9 8 9
- X 0 7 9 8 9
- X 0 11 0 10 0
A7sus
X 0 2 0 2 0
- 5 X 2 2 2 3
- 5 7 5 6 5 5
- X X 7 9 8 9
Am7
X 0 2 2 1 3
- 5 7 5 5 5 5
- X 0 2 0 1 0
- X 0 2 0 1 3
B7
X 2 1 2 0 2
- X 2 4 2 4 2
- 7 6 7 8 7 7
- 7 9 7 8 7 7
- 7 X 7 8 7 7
- X X 9 11 10 11
Bm7
X 2 4 2 3 2
- X 2 0 2 0 2
- X 2 0 2 3 2
- 7 5 7 7 7 5
- 7 0 7 7 7 5
- 7 0 0 7 7 5
- 7 5 7 7 7 7
- 7 X 7 7 7 5
- 7 X 0 7 7 5
- 7 0 0 7 7 7
- 7 9 7 7 7 7
- 7 X 7 7 7 7
- X X 9 11 10 10
C2
X 3 5 5 3 3
- X 3 2 0 3 3
D
X X 0 2 3 2
- X 5 4 2 3 2
- X 5 4 2 3 X
- X 5 7 7 7 5
- 10 9 7 7 7 10
- 10 9 7 7 7 X
- 10 12 12 11 10 10
- X X 12 11 10 10
- X X 12 14 15 14
- X 17 16 14 15 14
- X 17 16 14 15 X
- X 17 19 19 19 17
- 22 21 19 19 19 22
- 22 21 19 19 19 X
- 22 24 24 23 22 22
- X X 24 23 22 22
D/F#
2 X 0 2 3 X
- 2 X 0 2 3 2
- X X 4 2 3 2
- X 9 7 7 7 X
- X 9 7 7 10 X
- X 9 X 7 10 10
- X 9 X 11 10 10
- 14 12 12 11 X X
- 14 X 12 14 15 X
- X X 16 14 15 14
- X 21 19 19 19 X
- X 21 X 19 22 22
E
0 2 2 1 0 0
- X X 2 1 0 0
- X X 2 4 0 4
- 0 2 2 4 0 4
- 0 X 2 1 0 0
- 0 X 2 4 0 4
- 0 X 6 4 0 0
- 0 X 6 4 0 4
- 0 X 6 4 5 0
- 0 X 6 4 5 4
- X 7 9 9 9 7
- X 7 9 9 9 0
- 0 7 9 9 9 7
- 0 7 9 9 9 0
- 0 X 9 9 9 7
- 0 11 9 9 0 0
- 0 11 9 9 9 0
- 0 X 9 9 9 0
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
- X X 2 0 0 0
- X X 2 0 0 3
- X X 2 4 0 3
- 0 2 2 0 0 3
- 0 2 2 4 0 3
- 0 X 2 0 0 0
- 0 X 2 0 0 3
- 0 X 2 4 0 3
- 0 X 5 0 0 0
- 0 X 5 0 0 3
- 0 X 5 4 0 0
- 0 X 5 4 0 3
- 0 X 5 4 5 0
- 0 X 5 4 5 3
- X 7 5 0 0 0
- X 7 5 0 0 7
- X 7 5 0 5 7
- 0 7 5 0 0 0
- 0 7 5 0 0 7
- 0 7 5 0 5 7
- 0 X 5 0 0 7
- 0 X 5 0 5 7
- X 7 9 9 8 7
- X 7 9 0 0 0
- X 7 9 0 0 7
- X 7 9 0 8 0
- X 7 9 0 8 7
- X 7 9 9 8 0
Em7
0 2 0 0 0 0
- X X 2 4 3 3
- 0 2 0 0 0 3
- 0 2 0 0 3 0
- 0 2 0 0 3 3
- 0 2 2 0 3 0
- 0 2 2 0 3 3
- 0 2 2 4 3 3
- 0 2 0 4 0 3
- 0 2 0 4 3 3
- 0 5 0 0 0 0
- 0 5 0 0 0 3
- 0 5 0 4 0 3
- 0 5 0 4 3 3
- 0 5 0 4 5 3
- 0 5 5 0 0 0
- 0 5 5 0 0 3
- 0 5 5 4 3 3
- 0 5 5 4 0 0
- 0 5 5 4 0 3
- 0 5 5 4 3 0
- 0 5 5 4 5 0
- 0 X 0 0 0 3
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
- X X 3 2 1 1
- 1 X 3 2 1 1
- X 8 10 10 10 8
- X X 15 14 13 13
- 13 15 15 14 13 13
- 13 X 15 14 13 13
- X 20 22 22 22 20
F#m7
2 4 2 2 2 2
- X X 4 2 2 0
- 2 0 2 2 2 0
- 2 0 4 2 2 0
- 2 X 2 2 2 2
- 2 X 2 2 2 0
- 2 X 4 2 2 0
- X X 4 6 5 5
- X 9 7 9 7 9
- X 9 11 9 10 9
- X 9 11 11 10 0
- X 9 11 9 10 0
F2
X X 3 2 1 3
- 1 0 3 0 1 1
- 1 0 3 0 1 3
- 1 X 3 2 1 3
- X 8 7 0 6 8
- X 8 7 0 8 8
- X 8 10 0 10 8
- X X 15 14 13 15
- 13 0 15 0 13 13
- 13 0 15 0 13 15
- 13 X 15 14 13 15
- X 20 19 0 18 20
- X 20 19 0 20 20
- X 20 22 0 22 20
G
3 2 0 0 0 3
- 3 2 0 0 0 X
- 3 5 5 4 3 3
- X X 5 4 3 3
- X X 5 7 0 7
- X X 5 7 8 7
- X 10 9 7 8 7
- X 10 9 7 8 X
- X 10 12 12 12 10
- 15 14 12 12 12 15
- 15 14 12 12 12 X
- 15 17 17 16 15 15
- X X 17 16 15 15
- X X 17 19 20 19
- X 22 21 19 20 19
- X 22 21 19 20 X
- X 22 24 24 24 22