Intro G D
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Well this is just a simple song to say what you done
G D G
I told you about all those fears and away they did run You sure must
C D C D C D C D G D G D
be strong and you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun
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When I was just nine years old I swear that I dreamt
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Your face on a football field and a kiss that I kept
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Under my vest apart from everything but the heart in my chest
Chorus:
Em D G D C D C D
I know that things can really get rough when you go it alone
Em D G D C D C D
Don't go thinking you got to be tough and play like a stone
Em D G D C D C D C D C
Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical As this little home
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My life in an upturned boat marooned on a cliff
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You brought me a great big flood and you gave me a lift
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Girl what a gift And you tell me with your tongue and your
D C D (Em)
breath goes in my lungs and we float above the rift
Chorus, then break: Am Em Am Em(add C) Am Em C
Repeat first verse Well this is just a
Em D G D C D C D
Remember walking the mile to your house aglow in the dark
Em D G D C D C D
I made a fumbling play for your heart and the axe struck a spark
Em D G D C D C D
You wore a charm on the chain that I stole especial for you
Em D G D C D C D
Loves such a delicate thing that we do with nothing to prove
C D C D G
Which I never knew