Key: A
Introduction: A E C#m A A E
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it was summer in our hearts
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when the wheat was fully grown
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saw you standing in the yard
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a beauty to behold
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i carved your name on my arm
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i carved your name
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it was winter when we lied
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and ran off to elope
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played cards that winter long
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and wrestled in the snow
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and i carved your name in the ice
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i carved your name
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drove south to alabama
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with the ocean in our head
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you did not even wait for me
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doing cartwheels in the sand
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and i carved your name in the white
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sand by the light of the moon
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we stayed awake that night
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just to watch the morning come
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this is where i leave you
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this is where my story ends
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you wanted to know the reason
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for the writing on my skin
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i carved her name on my arm
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i loved her then