The Slender Thread That Binds Us Here

	  		Kathy Mattea - The Slender Thread That Binds Us Here 


st Fret 



Intro: F6 C  G  F  C  F  Am  G  C 

Chorus: 
F6  C       G          F        C 
The dawn of youth, the twilight years 
    F      Am       G 
The tender night we hold so dear 
F6  C      G    F        C 
The memory of a smile, a tear 
    F       Am          G        C    F6 C 
The slender thread that binds us here 



           G              F 
I know the way from here 
          C              F 
Trying to hide my tears 
           Am           G              F6 C 
Crying for grace at the end of the day 
          G   
I want to hold you and 
F         C  
Never let go, but I 
F            Am               G         C  
Will come to find that you're slipping away 


Chorus: 
F6  C       G          F        C 
The dawn of youth, the twilight years 
    F      Am       G 
The tender night we hold so dear 
F6  C      G    F        C 
The memory of a smile, a tear 
    F       Am          G        C    F6 C 
The slender thread that binds us here 


          G               F 
I long to speak with you 
         C     
I try to reach for you 
F          Am                G             F6 C 
Wake up to find that there's nobody home 
        G              F 
I walk away from here 
            C  
Still I can feel you here 
F       Am          G     C  
Forever with me, forever alone 


Bridge: 
   Em          F        G      C 
So strong they hold, to be let go 
    Bb         F         C        G 
And still they're there, light as air 


Instrumental: F6 C  G  F  C  F  Am  G  


Chorus: 
F6  C      G    F        C 
The memory of a smile, a tear 
    F       Am             G           F   G  Am  Bb  F  G  C 
The slender thread___ that binds___ us here 



Chorus:       (## repeat and fade to end ##) 
F6  C       G          F        C 
The dawn of youth, the twilight years 
    F      Am       G 
The tender night we hold so dear 
F6  C      G    F        C 
The memory of a smile, a tear 
    F       Am          G        C     
The slender thread that binds us here