The Past Recedes Uke tab by John Frusciante

Intro
G   D   Am   Em   (x3)
G   D   Am
Verse
 G        D          Am   Em
And then the past recedes
G          D        Am   Em
And I won't be involved
G          D       Am   Em
The effort to be free
G            D          Am
Seems pointless from above
Verse
G           D          Am   Em
You're looking down at me
G        D        Am   Em
I'd rather stay below
G                D          Am   Em
Than have you staring up at me
G        D           Am     B
Is nowhere I want to go
Chorus
C              D7           Em               D
Ay, This business of how long we try to stay alive
C              D7           Em               D
Why to be here you first got to die so I gave it a try
      C                G               AmB
And what do you know time was so long ago

Verse
G          D        Am   Em
And things come back you see
G          D        Am   Em
To where they don't belong
G          D        Am   Em
And every drop of sea 
G          D      Am     B
Is the whole ocean

Chorus
C              D7           Em               D
I lied to the greatest thieves about anything and everything
C              D7           Em               D
I'm a figure of forgotten speech I'm out of reach
      C                G               AmB
I can't play it safe but I might just in case

Solo
G   D   Am   Em   (x3) 
G   D   Am

Chorus
C              D7           Em               D
I'm disguised as a reaching hand I'm a working man
C              D7           Em               D
I don't understand why clock out comes so slow every time
      C                G               AmAm
That's one line I stay right behind
      C                G               AmB
That's one line I stay right behind.

G   D   Am   Em   (x3)
G   D   Am   B    G