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Clay

by Flo Perlin

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1.
Intro Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Fmaj Cmaj || Verse 1 Pick it up, put it down Cmaj9 Bminb13 | Don’t let it slip through your hands Dmin11 Cmaj9 | Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Rest assured we were made Cmaj9 Bminb13 | We were shaken but we forgave Dmin11 Cmaj9| Fmaj Gmaj | Fmaj Gmaj || Chorus 1 We drove back through the hills that we’d known Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Where nothing had changed, our faces were all that had grown Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Gmaj || Feels like yesterday |:Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj :| Feels like yesterday Instrumental Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Fmaj Cmaj || Verse 2 Once a baby, here was born Cmaj9 Bminb13 | A thousand coats we haven’t worn Dmin11 Cmaj9 | Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Back in the house where she was 2 Cmaj9 Bminb13 | She stuck her mum and dad with glue Dmin11 Cmaj9 | Fmaj Gmaj | Fmaj Gmaj | She feels nostalgic in the rain Cmaj9 Bminb13 | But looking back she’s still the same Dmin11 Cmaj9 | Fmaj Gmaj | Fmaj Gmaj || Chorus We drove out through the hills that we’d known Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Where nothing had changed, our faces were all that had grown Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | We drove out through the hills where we’d lay Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Where nothing has changed, It only feels like yesterday Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Feels like yesterday Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Feels like yesterday Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Feels like yesterday Instrumental |:Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Fmaj Cmaj :| Chorus We drove out through the hills that we’d known Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Where nothing had changed, our faces were all that had grown Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | We drove out through the hills where we’d lay Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Where nothing has changed, It only feels like yesterday Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Feels like yesterday Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj | Feels like yesterday Dmin | Dmin | Amin7 | Gmaj || Feels like yesterday…
2.
Intro Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj | Dmaj | Dmaj | Verse 1 Watch us adapt in the strangest of ways Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | watch us exist with the fears that we made Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Oh I’m packing my bags - I won’t be long Dmaj | Dmaj | Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Take all, the comfort in me Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Pull me apart and let everyone see Emaj6 G#min | Emaj Emaj6 | Oh I’m packing my bags - I won’t be long Dmaj | Dmaj | Emaj | Emaj | Chorus I tried to speak but I said none Dmaj | I tried find my mother tongue Emaj | The house I knew was filled with doubt Dmaj | The clothes I wore were inside out Emaj | Sometimes I ask, is it here where I’m from Dmaj | Emaj | Sometimes I ask what it means to belong Dmaj | Emaj | Sometimes I think, I’ve been thinking too long Dmaj | Emaj | Tryna find my mother tongue Dmaj | Emaj | Tryna find my mother tongue Dmaj | Emaj | Emaj | Post Chorus Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj | Emaj | Emaj | Verse 2 Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Dmaj | Dmaj | Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Emaj6 G#min | Emaj Emaj6 | Dmaj | Dmaj | Emaj | Emaj | Chorus Dmaj | Emaj | Dmaj | Emaj | Dmaj | Emaj | Dmaj | Emaj | Outro Dmaj | Cmaj | Amaj | Amaj | x4 Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj | x4 Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 ||
3.
Intro |: Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj :| Verse 1 I’ve seen leaves so green | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | All the places I have been | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | It was not a crime | A/Dmaj | Amaj | To pave your way to live your life at your prime | A/Dmaj | Amaj | Verse 2 I’ll hurt god again | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | To go back so I don’t pretend to men | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | It was not a crime | Dmin | F#min | To pave your way to live your life at your prime | Dmin | Amaj | Verse 3 I’ll count back from 10 | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | To trust myself and do it all again | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime | A/Dmaj | Amaj | To pave your way to live your life at your prime | A/Dmaj | Amaj | Verse 4 I’ll save more for me | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | I’ll cut my clothes and give myself to be | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime | Dmin | F#min | It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime | Dmin | F#min | It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime | Dmin | F#min | To pave your way to live your life at your prime | Dmin | Amaj | To pave your way to live your life at your prime | Dmin || | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj || Bridge Perhaps we’ve been pretending | Dmaj | We’ve always said that we were just fine |5/4 Dmaj Emaj | We were Just fine |5/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj | I miss my own embrace 3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj | A mask on my hands and my hands on my face 3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4\4 Dmaj | I miss my own embrace 3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj | Mask on my hands and my hands on my face 3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj | Mask on my hands and my hands on my face 3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj | Instrumental |: Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj A/Dmaj :| Verse 5 I’ve seen leaves so green | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | All the places I have been | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | It was not a crime | A/Dmaj | Amaj | To pave your way to live your life at your prime | A/Dmaj | Amaj | Verse 6 I’ll hurt god once again | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | To go back so I don’t pretend to men | Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj | It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime | Dmin | F#min | It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime | Dmin | F#min | It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime | Dmin | F#min | To pave your way to live your life at your prime | Dmin | Amaj ||
4.
Intro G#min | Emaj | G#min | Emaj | Verse 1 She spoke words she’d suppressed G#min | Emaj | Years gone, she forgotten the rest G#min | Emaj | All the Comforting things G#min Bmaj | Emaj | All the chaos it brings G#min Bmaj | Emaj | Chorus She crawls back into the sea C#min | She swims right next to me G#min | She said could learn to be a friend of mine Bmaj | Emaj | She moulds back into the sand C#min | She said I’m not easy to understand G#min | At the most forsaken time Bmaj | Could you be a friend of mine 2/4 Emaj | 4/4 C#min | C#min | Verse 2 She made a storm just for fun G#min | Emaj | When it all washed away, well their story begun G#min | Emaj | OH this intimate sides G#min Bmaj | Emaj | Get to know all the voices that’s hide G#min Bmaj | Emaj | Bridge Learn to talk to your mind, F#maj | learn to say your sorry C#min | G#min | Bruises pass, but the F#maj | symptoms live within your body C#min | G#min | Learn to talk to your mind, F#maj | don’t you separate it C#min | G#min | Bruises pass, but the F#maj | symptoms they communicate it C#min | G#min | Emaj | Emaj | Emaj | Emaj | Chorus She crawls back into the sea C#min | She swims right next to me G#min | She said could learn to be a friend of mine Bmaj | Emaj | She moulds back into the sand C#min | She said I’m not easy to understand G#min | At the most forsaken time Bmaj | Could you be a friend of mine 2/4 Emaj | Could you be a friend of mine 4/4 C#min | Could you be a friend of mine G#min Emaj | C#min | Could you be a friend of mine G#min Emaj | C#min | Instrumental Emaj | Emaj | Emaj | Emaj | Chorus She crawls back into the sea C#min | She swims right next to me G#min | She said could learn to be a friend of mine Bmaj | Emaj | She moulds back into the sand C#min | She said I’m not easy to understand G#min | At the most forsaken time Bmaj | Could you be a friend of mine 2/4 Emaj | Could you be a friend of mine 4/4 C#min | Could you be a friend of mine G#min Emaj | C#min | … repeat till death
5.
6.
Intro Emin11 | Bmin6 | Amin9 | Cmaj | x2 Verse 1 You left your footprints on the wooden chair, the one I wouldn't dare Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj | Three times was more than enough, to get away, from this bitter place Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj | Chorus Roll around on the floor Emin | Your the one I adore Gmaj | But share my heart Amin | What else is it good for Cmaj | You’ll be late, you’ll be timed Emin | Running up so devine Gmaj | share my heart and Amin | I’ll make you mine Cmaj | Verse 2 We made a memory of, our family, the ones we didn't see Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj | Too bad I know our love, will never last, surely things will pass Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj | Chorus x 2 Roll around on the floor Emin | Your the one I adore Gmaj | But share my heart Amin | What else is it good for Cmaj | You’ll be late, you’ll be timed Emin | Running up so devine Gmaj | share my heart and Amin | I’ll make you mine Cmaj | Chorus Roll around on the floor Emin | Your the one I adore Gmaj | But share my heart Amin | What else is it good for Cmaj Bmaj | You’ll be late, you’ll be timed Emin | Running up so devine Gmaj | share my heart and Amin | I’ll make you mine Cmaj | Instrumental Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj | Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj Bmaj | Outro Chorus You’ll be late, you’ll be timed Emin | Running up so devine Cmaj Bmin | share my heart Amin ||
7.
Clay 03:47
Intro |: F#min7 | Dmaj9 :| Verse 1 Hang me up to dry | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | That’s me on the outside | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Wear my shoes and walk away | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Verse 2 Watch the shells collide | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | That’s me on the inside | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Chased by the tide you’ll I’ll sink to the bay | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Chorus/bridge Some days, I hate the mistakes that I’ve made Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9| I’ll keep them close, so nobody will ever be afraid Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9| Some days I think I’m made out of clay F#min7 Amaj | Dmaj | Like I’m the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Like I’m the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Instrumental |: F#min7 | Dmaj9 :| Verse 3 Swallowed my tears, I liked the taste | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | All the things I could have faced | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Smile at the sky when it turns to grey | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Verse 4 Found a creature, it lives in my chest | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Maybe it needs a little rest | F#min7 Gmaj6 | Dmaj9 | Wear my shoes and walk away | F#min7 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Chorus/bridge Some days, I hate the mistakes that I’ve made Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9| I’ll keep them close, so nobody will ever be afraid Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9| Some days I think I’m made out of clay F#min7 Amaj | Dmaj | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 | Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way | Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
8.
Amin9 | D7/A Verse 1 Many things could change Amin9 | D7/A | Many times she thought she’d re arrange Amin9 | D7/A | Oh the madness of time, makes her uncomfortable Fmaj Amin |3/4 Gmaj | 6/8 Amin | Amin | Verse 2 Many things had stayed, Amin9 | D7/A | Many times she thought they would just fade Amin9 | D7/A | Days gone, back to where she started from Amin9 Gmaj6 |3/4 F#min7b5 | 6/8 Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Verse 4 Many times she tried, Amin9 | D7/A | Getting closer to the Faith she put aside Amin9 | D7/A | Days gone, back to where she started from Fmaj Amin | Gmaj | Gmaj | Bridge/Chorus She didn’t fight, She didn’t sing, She tossed all night, She burnt her things Dmin | Dmin | Amin | Gmaj | She filled her pockets with the most that she could bare Dmin E7 |3/4 Fmaj |6/8 Gmaj | Gmaj | Days gone, back to where she started from Fmaj Amin |3/4 Gmaj | 6/8 Amin | Amin | Many times she’d rest Amin9 | D7/A | She felt the lifting of that coffin in her chest… Amin9 | D7/A | Instrumental Amin9 Gmaj6 | F#min7b5 Fmaj7 | x 4 Fmaj7 ||
9.
Bedroom 02:48
Verse 1 She noticed how he spoke Amin | He noticed how he moved Gmaj | They moved with no incentive Fmaj | So attentive F#Min7b5 | Verse 2 As they danced across the room Amin | There thoughts were fading Gmaj | Oh they danced between the doubts Fmaj | Now it’s there lips they’re tasting F#Min7b5 | Chorus She went back Amin | To her bedroom Gmaj | That’s when she told him Fmaj | That’s when she told him F#Min7b5 | Dust and tracks Amin | As she had tried to not intrude Gmaj | But this was a start to a conversation Fmaj | It was her courage to change the mood F#Min7b5 | Verse 3 He noticed how she paused Amin | As she moved away from touch Gmaj | She apologised for expressing Fmaj | Did I speak too much? He said F#Min7b5 | Verse 4 Whys your fascination not worth telling Amin | Why is holding back so tempting Gmaj | If you could speak for yourself Fmaj | You’d expose who you are, you could take it apart F#Min7b5 | Instrumental Fmaj | F#Min7b5 | Fmaj | F#Min7b5 | Fmaj | F#Min7b5 | Chorus She went back Amin | To her bedroom Gmaj | That’s when she told him Fmaj | That’s when she told him F#Min7b5 | Dust and tracks Amin | As she had tried to not intrude Gmaj | But this was a start to a conversation Fmaj | It was her courage to change the mood F#Min7b5 | It was a start to a conversation Fmaj | It was her courage to change the mood F#Min7b5 | It was a start to a conversation Fmaj ||
10.
Part Of Me 03:52
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | x2 Verse 1 Days gone, can you find out what they know G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | Well they’ve got faces but they never really show G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | Tears tears running down I was feeling kind of sad G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | So many feelings well they’re making me feel mad G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | When I get lonely well I spend time with myself G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | Its then I know, I can’t feel this love with no one else G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 | Chorus Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | Part of me goes insane, when you go, when you’re gone Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | Emaj9 | Cmaj7 Gmaj7 | Amin9 | Verse 2 Our precious time, those layers on our skin G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | I’m baffled by this culture, don’t you keep your feelings deep within G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | You should know, well you taught me how to love G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | When we’re apart I start to see that maybe that’s enough G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 | Chorus Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | Part of me goes insane, when you go, when you’re gone Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | Part of me goes insane, when you go, when you’re gone Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | x infinity Mother Tongue 6/8 Intro Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 | Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj | Dmaj | Dmaj |

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‘Clay’ is a metaphor for the human capacity to adapt and adjust to different experiences/challenges. Just like clay, we mould and change shapes. This album reflects my personal experiences of belonging and growth.

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releases June 7, 2024

This album is dedicated to my nephew, Ezra, whose first year it is in this mad world. I hope that one day he will listen to this album and it will bring him great comfort. I love you too much.

Written by Flo Perlin
Recorded in 2023 at MAP Studio in Kentish Town, London Produced by Flo Perlin and Duncan Thornley
Recorded and mixed by Duncan Thornley
Mastered by Cicely Balston at Air Studios
String arrangements by Duncan Thornley, Flo Perlin and Ellie Consta Strings recorded at Fish Factory
Cover photograph by Christopher Andreou
Cover design by Toby Larnder

Musicians
Flo Perlin - acoustic guitar and lead vocals
Duncan Thornley - synthesiser, electric guitar and percussion
Adam Hayes - drums and percussion
Jasper Osborn- electric and double bass
Ellie Consta - violin
Julia Maria - cello
Simone Seals - cello
Tim Gardener - piano, synthesiser and violin
Irene Katsenelson - viola
Kaidi Akinnibi - soprano and tenor saxaphones. Co-lead vocals on ‘Part Of Me’,
Matteo Busti - electric guitar
Simeon May - bass clarinet and tenor saxophone

A huge thank you to all the incredibly talented musicians whose instruments grace this album. They have all shared a piece of their character with their contribution. A special thank you to Kaidi Akannibi for featuring on this album, for his limitless musicality and inventiveness as a player.

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Flo Perlin is a contemporary singer-songwriter from London, UK with Iraqi and Belarusian heritage. She has been hailed as a ‘true storyteller’ by BBC Radio 6 with a style that blends contemporary folk, jazz and soul. The songs explore themes such as family history, human nature and being good to yourself. ... more

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