Copperline chords by The Eastern

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Well, I guess I lived one life at a time
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Fishing boats and scaffolds
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in a wood mine
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You know a life takes time
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It takes time to survive
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Well, met her on a Friday
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on a South Island day
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The kind where the cold
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keeps your stories at bay
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She said, you can wait and stay with me
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He said, I will try but we'll have to see
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You know life takes time, takes time
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Pass you by
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You know a lie takes time
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Takes time
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Pass you by
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Well, days became years
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and they fast ran out
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There was copper lining holdings,
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a heart full of doubt
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Penny never came home
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and she never cried
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Think of him honestly,
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it's a thing to decide
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You know a life takes time,
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takes time to pass you by
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No, life takes time,
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takes time for you to survive
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Well, we never spoke much
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till the day that he died
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There was bus wheels in Nashville,
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laying outside
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Now he's all alone on a state hillside
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There's traffic, trains,
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and a slow dirt side
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You know life takes time, takes time
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Pass you by
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You know life takes time
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Takes time
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Pass you by
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You know life takes time
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Takes time
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Pass you by you