'48 Or '47 chords by Victor Krummenacher

SimplifiedD · F#m · Bm · A · Em …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
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Bm 
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 (D major) One life,  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) one pic (D major) ture
A 
Sometime I'm forty -eight,  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) forty -seven
F#m 
Bm 
House  (F sharp minor) paints or  (B minor) negative plates
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 (D major) Is the onset of corpses
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D 
 (A major) down  (D major) on the leaves
F#m 
A 
F#m 
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Shadowed  (F sharp minor)  (A major) images  (F sharp minor) fading  (D major) in the light
A 
D 
Fading away  (A major) year  (D major) after year
F#m 
Bm 
Bit by  (F sharp minor) bit,  I'm  (B minor) off in the sun
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A 
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A 
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 (D major) When I return,  (A major) the  (D major) past is clear  (A major)  (D major) 
F#m 
The birds reported from  (F sharp minor) the south,
Bm 
A 
the  (B minor) news expressed to me  (A major) 
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F#m 
A  (D major) quiet charge my little  (F sharp minor) post,
Bm 
that  (B minor) I   am deaf today
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D 
 (A major) The  (D major) flowers appealed,
F#m 
they were a  (F sharp minor) timid throng,
Bm 
A 
so I  (B minor) reinforced the door  (A major) 
D 
The  (D major) blossomed too,
F#m 
the bees  (F sharp minor) are sick,
Bm 
A 
D 
F#m 
Bm 
won't you  (B minor) trouble moon no  (A major) more  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) 
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F#m 
Bm 
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F#m 
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F#m 
A 
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 (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (D major) 
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Bm 
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One life,  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) one picture,  (D major) 
F#m 
D 
A 
D 
 (F sharp minor) some  (D major) time in  (A major) 48,  (D major) 47
F#m 
D 
F#m 
Bm 
House  (F sharp minor) panes  (D major)  (F sharp minor) are   neg (B minor) ative plates
D 
 (D major) Instant consent of corpses
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D 
F#m 
 (A major) down  (D major) on the leaves  (F sharp minor) 
D 
Shadowed images fading in  (D major) the light
A 
D 
Running away  (A major) year  (D major) after year
F#m 
Bm 
D 
Bit  (F sharp minor) by bit, half  (B minor) in the  (D major) sun
When I return,
A 
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D 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) the glass is clear  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
This music is always around me
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) It's unceasing and  (A major) beginning
D 
F#m 
forever  (D major) at my side  (F sharp minor) 
Bm 
A 
Forever  (B minor) by my side  (A major) 
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F#m 
 (D major) Your brain,  (F sharp minor) it's your brain
D 
Bm 
A 
 (D major) Your  (B minor) blood,  (A major) it's your blood
D 
F#m 
 (D major) Two lives an (F sharp minor) d one being
Bm 
Em 
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 (B minor) Two lives  (E minor) an   (A major) d one being
D 
F#m 
 (D major) This music is always  (F sharp minor) around me
Bm 
Em 
Bm 
A 
D 
A 
 (B minor) It's unceas (E minor) ing,  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major) the begin (A major) ning
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F#m 
Forever  (D major) at my side  (F sharp minor) 
Bm 
A 
D 
F#m 
Bm 
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A 
Forever  (B minor) by  my side  (A major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
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F#m 
Bm 
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A 
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A 
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 (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
Am 
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A 
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 (A minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
You