Broken wave (a blues for doogie) chords by James Yorkston

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Verse 1
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Like a broken wave,
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I see you collapse and struggle on
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But the strength is gone
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And I am speechless and terrified
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But I have one last chance
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To tell you, I will remember you
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As a man full of love and
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not this broken way
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And a talk of my family
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Our days spent in the museum
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My youngest fascination
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with the implausibilities there
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And how we bumped into an old friend
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How we spoke in stunned reverence
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Of our younger times, our better years
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And he promised me he
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would remember you
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As a man full of life,
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I'm not this broken

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Verse 2
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And with the shortest of breaths I
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watched you drift to sleep
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With the eyes that cannot quite close
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And I hope I brought
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you some comfort
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That your dreams, then, your best
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Of our younger times,
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our better years
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And I promise you,
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I will remember you
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As a man full of life and not
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this broken way
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And I promise you,
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I will remember you
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As a man full of love, and not this broken