CUTTING THE PAST DOWN TO SIZE WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter The intro and verses are in 7/4 time (played as 3/4 + 4/4). The chorus and instrumental sections are in 4/4. INTRO: A - B - G (twice) A-B-G A B I. Madison Avenue ghost G A B colors the girls I have known. G A B they're singing La Vie En Rose. G A B G paper sun shines on their throne. C Dm Am G CHORUS A: yesterday's love won't permit cloudy skies. C Dm C G but people I meet all have rain in their eyes. C Bb F G Bb - F - E - E7 and so I'm cutting the past down to size. (strums) /// REPEAT INTRO /// A-B-G A B II. new friends are just human beings G A B under a Mount Rushmore past. G A B I'm tearing down scaffoldings, G A B G finally stopped mending the cracks. C Dm Am G CHORUS B: yesterday's love won't permit cloudy skies. C Dm C G but people I meet all have rain in their eyes. C Bb F G Bb - F - G and so I'm cutting the past down to size. (strums) Bb F E E7 cutting the past down to size. (cut it down!) /// REPEAT INTRO /// INSTRUMENTAL: C - Dm - Am - G (like chorus) C - Dm - C - G C - Bb - F - G Bb - F - G \ Bb - F - G > strums Bb - F - E - E7 / A-B-G A B III. whenever love goes away, G A B feels like it won't come again. G A B instead of dying, I say: G A B G "non, je ne regrette rien." C Dm Am G CHORUS C: yesterday's love won't permit cloudy skies. C Dm C G but people I meet all have rain in their eyes. C Bb F G Bb - F - G and so I'm cutting the past down to size, (strums) Bb F G cutting the past down to size, Bb F E E7 cutting the past down to size. (cut it down!) /// REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL /// /// REPEAT INTRO /// © Copyright 1986 Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.