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Introduction: G B Em D G C G C G
C G C G
I passed a little shop and there I had to stop,
G Em Am D7 G
Inside the window was a tarnish lamp of gold,
C G C
Bought it, took it home and when I got alone,
G Em Am D Am D G
Rubbed it like the story I'd been told so long a-go.
B Em G C
Genie, Genie grant to me just one wish and that should be,
D G
I hold her love instead of misery.
B Em G C
Genie, Genie don't you know love must have a time to grow,
D G
One wish can't make it last for-evermore.
C G C G
So it came to be she fell in love with me,
Em Am D G
But it didn't really work out too pеrfect=ly,
C G C
The geniе had been kind but in too little time,
G Em Am D Am D G
He&rsquo d given love that came to us too easi-ly.
B Em G C
Genie, Genie grant to me just one wish and that should be,
D G
I hold her love instead of misery.
B Em G C
Genie, Genie don't you know love must have a time to grow,
D
One wish can't make it last for-evermore.
C Cm G Em
Now the lamp stands by itself an ornament up-on my shelf,
C D G
Holding up some books, I've never read them,
C Cm C G Em
And though the Genie stands alone I got her love back on my own,
A Am D G
I'll never need the Genie's help again.
B Em G C
Genie, Genie grant to me just one wish and that should be,
D G
I hold her love instead of misery.
B Em G C
Genie, Genie don't you know love must have a time to grow,
D G
One wish can't make it last for-evermore.