By the Rule chords by
Mick Flannery
Mick Flannery

N/A
Key: Eb major
Intro 1
D
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Bm

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F#m
F#m

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F#m
F#m

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F#dim
F#dim

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F#m
F#m

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Verse 1
D
D

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Bm
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The man who lived to live alone
G
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D
D

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His heart he ruled to know but one
Bm
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D
D

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His name was none he took no ground
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D

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He came and went without a sound
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A

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One day the man did sing a song
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F#m
F#m

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A

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Then stood and wait for her to come
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For years they sang but
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he would not know,
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D

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From some he took and then let go
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D

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One day our lady did divine
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D

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To move the air most true and fine
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A

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He drew but found his voice had gone
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"Dear god" he thought
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"I've stood too long"
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F#m

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F#m

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The crimes, the crimes
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A

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D

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of the fool against the fool
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F#m

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Bm

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F#m

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G
G

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the cries, the cries of the man
Em
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A
A

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who lived by The Rule
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A

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To die by the rule,
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You offered everything to me
G
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D

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I took, you know I took for free
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D
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The morning broke and flood in blue,
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I knew before the day was through
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A

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I'd tear into the heart of you
Bm
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A

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I tore into the heart of you
F#m
F#m

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F#m
F#m

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A pair, a pair of young
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D
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lives becomes a love
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F#m

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G
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And there, there they've won
Em
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A

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Oh how is it done?
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D

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How is it done?
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Bm
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I wait to look into your eyes
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I wait for you to look at mine
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D

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My love, oh love I long to see
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D
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I'll offer all I have to thee
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A

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And you'll tear into the heart of me
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You'll tear into the heart of me.
Outro 1
D
D

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F#m
F#m

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Bm
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