Tom: G
Introdução:
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I hold your hand in mine, dear, I press it to my lips,
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I take a healthy bite from your dainty fingertips.
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My joy would be complete, dear, if you were only here,
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but still I keep your hand as a precious souvenir.
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The night you died I cut it off, I really don't know why,
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for now each time I kiss it, I get blood stains on my tie.
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I'm sorry now I killed you, for our love was something fine,
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and 'til they come to get me, I shall hold your hand in mine.