Key: F
F
F9
F
F9
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F9
Bb
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F9
In the time we've known,
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F9
F
That we each are a part of one another
Bb
C7
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F9
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F9
Bb
We've lost as much as we have won
Bb
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F9
And as our lives have grown,
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F9
F
We have found that it only brings us pain
Bb
C7
Dm
C7
To hang on to the things that we have done
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F9
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F9
Bb
Still I've loved the times you've come
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F9
When you went away
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F9
F
Taking all that I built my false road on^?
Bb
C7
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F9
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F9
Bb
I dropped my life and couldn't find the pieces
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F9
Now you come and go
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F9
F
And it's hard but I feel my strength returning
Bb
C7
Dm
We'll see how far this new road reaches
C7
F
We'll see a little more each time we come
Bb
C7
F
Everybody's gonna tell you it's not worth it
Bb
C7
Dm
Everybody's gotta show you their own pain
Bb
C7
F
You might try to find your way up around it
Bb
C7
But the need for love will still remain
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F9
Now we're lying here,
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F9
F
So safe in the ruins of our pleasure
Bb
C7
F
F9
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F9
Bb
Laughter marks the place where we have fallen
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F9
And our lives are near
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F9
So it wouldn't occur to us to wonder
Bb
C7
Dm
C7
Is this the past or the future that is calling
C7
F
You know I've loved these times you've come
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F9
F
F9
Bb
F
F9
F
F9
Bb
F
From Jackson Browne "For Everyman LP"
Asylum Records 1973