Central Square chords by Tom Paxton

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Verse 1
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Five roads led from Central Square,
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but only one led home.
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While down the other four,
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there lay a world I'd never known.
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I saw three stars among the clouds - a good sign,
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some might say.
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I saw the road that led to home,
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but I took another way.
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I met the girl I  came to love one
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night in Central Square.
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I loved the way she sang her
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song; I loved her auburn hair.
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I heard her sing The Water Is Wide
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and Johnny's Gone to Sea
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And Spanish Is the Loving Tongue,
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while she looked right at me.
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I took her home with me that
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night; I carried her guitar.
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I gave to her my only bed
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while I lay on the floor.
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She kissed me when she went to bed;
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I lay awake past three,
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And I  was nearly sleeping when I heard her call
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to me.
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We lived together all that
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year until we drew apart.
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For I was younger than my years
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and did not know my heart.
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I sang along with her one
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night in quiet harmony,
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Until I realized this song
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was her farewell to me.
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I made the worst mistake of all;
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I turned and left her there.
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And winter had come in when I
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stepped out in Central Square.
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I saw three stars among the clouds - a good sign,
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some might say.
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I saw the road that led to home,
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but I took another way.
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I saw the road that led to home,
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but I took another way