Bye Bye chords by Richard Shindell

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Verse 1
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Ten  (G major) years  (F major)  (C major)  (A major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (G major) to the day
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 (F major) her  (G major)  (C major) father's in  (E minor) the garden  (A major)  (C major) 
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He's  (G major) kept it as it was  (F major) the
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 (G major) day  (C major) she went  (E minor) away  (A major)  (C major) 
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On  (B minor) every life some rain must fall  (C major) 
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Doesn't  (B minor) mean we let the  (C major) roses go  (D major) 
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Ten  (G major) years to the  (F major) day
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her  (C major) mother's in the kitchen
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 (A major)  (C major) She's  (G major) standing at the back door,
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come  (C major) love, have some  (A major) tea  (C major) 
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Took  (B minor) a bit of  (G major) getting used  (C major) to,
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only  (B minor) setting out to  (G major) places  (C major)  (D major) 
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I  (E minor) could bring her back  (C major) to them
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With a  (D major) few strokes at this fountain  (C major) head
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If  (E minor) all's forgiven,  (A major) start again  (C major) 
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I could  (G major) put her in a tax (F major) i
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I'd  (C major) wait at the corner (A major)  (C major) 
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Working  (G major) up her nerve
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 (F major) and won (C major) dering what she'll  (A major) say  (C major) 
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Remem (B minor) bering how she left
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that  (G major) morning  (C major) 
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Recall (B minor) ing how they both  (G major) were snoring  (C major) 
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 (D major) I  (E minor) could bring her back  (C major) to them
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A  (D major) few strokes of this fountain  (C major) pen
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All's  (E minor) forgiven,  (A major) start again  (C major) 
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That man  (A major) from the mowning tree  (C major) 
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Rid (A major) ing on with a meaner name  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (F major)  (C major)  (A major)  (C major)  (G major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (G major) Roses wild  (F major) have  (C major) spilled into the  (A major) alley  (C major) 
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Back  (G major) door off  (F major) its hinges,  (C major) 
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the grass grown  (A major) high  (C major) 
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Ten  (B minor) years to the day and  (G major) count (C major) ing
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That little  (B minor) note she wrote,
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 (C major) that song she  (D major) wrote
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I  (E minor) could bring her back  (C major) to them
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With a  (D major) strokes of this mountain  (C major) pen
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If  (E minor) all's forgiven, start  (A major) again  (C major) 
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I  (E minor) can't bring her back  (C major) to them
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That's  (D major) not how this story  (C major) ends
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And  (E minor) as  it's written, so  (A major) it is
Bye -bye
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