Air, Can She Forgive My Wrongs? chords by John Dowland

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Verse 1
Am 
C 
Can she ex cuse my wrongs
E 
with virtuous cloak?
Dm 
C 
Shall I   call her good
F 
E 
Am 
when she proves unkind?
C 
Others clear fires
E 
which vanish into smoke
Dm 
C 
Must I praise the leaves
F 
Dm 
E 
Am 
where no  fruit I find?
E 
Am 
E 
No, no, when shadows do
Am 
C 
Dm 
E 
for bodies stand,
Dm 
C 
Thou may'st be abused,
Dm 
E 
F 
E 
if  thy sight ye deem.
Am 
E 
Cold love is like to bird
Am 
C 
Dm 
E 
s return of the sand,
C 
Or two bubbles which
Dm 
E 
F 
E 
on  the water swim?
C 
Wilt thou be thus abused still,
D 
Seeing that she will write thee never,
E 
If thou canst not or canst will?
A 
D 
E 
A 
Am 
Thy love will be thus fruitless ever.
C 
Wilt thou be thus abused still,
D 
Seeing that she will rightly never,
E 
If thou canst not a pardon will,
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D 
E 
A 
Am 
thy love will be thus fruitless ever.
C 
Was I so blest
Am 
E 
C 
Dm 
that I might not aspire unto those high
C 
F 
E 
A 
Am 
joys which she holds from me?
C 
G 
Am 
E 
As they are high, so high is my de  sire,
C 
Dm 
C 
F 
E 
Am 
If she this deny, what can granted be?
E 
Am 
If she will yield to that
C 
Dm 
E 
which reason is,
Dm 
C 
Dm 
It is  reason's will that
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F 
E 
love should be just.
Am 
Dear, make me happy still
G 
C 
Dm 
E 
by granting this,
Dm 
C 
E 
F 
E 
Or cut off delays, if that thou must.
C 
Am 
Better a thousand times to die,
D 
Than for to live thus still tormented,
E 
Dear, but remember it was I
A 
D 
E 
A 
Who for thy sake did die contented.
Am 
C 
Bet ter a thousand times to die
D 
than for to live thus still tormented,
E 
dear, but remember it was I
A 
D 
E 
A 
who for thy sake did die contended.