Photographs of Grace

words and music © 1991 by Howard Kranz

 

      D

1.  We were the gentlest renegades; we sang in the silentest corners;

 

we noted the breakdown of systems and delighted in small, unrepeatable

                      A                                          E

accidents of understanding, accidents of understanding,

                      D                   G                         E

accidents of understanding, photographs of grace.

                            A     A7

photographs of grace.

 

                D

2. It was writ in indelible cadence in the subclause beneath the invective,

 

where the fiery minions of goodwill deliberate loud and offhandedly

                      A                                          E

accidents of understanding, accidents of understanding,

                      D                   G                         E

accidents of understanding, photographs of grace.

                            A     A7

photographs of grace.

 

C                    Fmaj7                           D           Am

So I took my fishline and my old fart’s hat,

                C                      D                  Bm

And, pretending that the alley was the sky,

                                 G      E                               A        A7

set off for parts unknown,  set off for parts unknown.

 

               D

3. Yeah, we were the silliest theorists; we pin-danced with legions of angels,

 

while remembering that the important thing is delighting in small unrepeatable

                      A                                          E

accidents of understanding, accidents of understanding,

                      D                   G                         E

accidents of understanding, photographs of grace.

                            A     A7

photographs of grace.