Key: D major
Verse 1
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I woke
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up
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in the tall grass sunlight
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telling me that soon I must be leaving
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And if it wasn't for this
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dusty hollow place alone
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my heart would not be breathing
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I took an ocean to find you,
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crossed the desert to be with you,
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I'd run forever, lay down beside you.
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Bsus4
So I hope that you don't
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Bsus4
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give your heart away,
Bsus4
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So I that you don't
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give your heart,
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I'm on my way.
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Way down river,
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to your blue deep water,
C#m
F#m
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G#m
and my heart still numbers.
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Bm
Bsus4
Way down river,
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that's where you are.
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Starlight on the branches,
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compass turnin'
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Toward the next bend
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like a northern star
I reach into my pocket for a picture
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And I read beneath the light so far
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I took an ocean to find you,
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crossed the desert to be with you
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I'd run forever to lay down beside you
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Bsus4
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So hope that you don't
Bsus4
B
give your heart away
Bsus4
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Hope that you don't give your heart
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I'm on my way
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Way river, your blue deep water
C#m
F#m
G#m
And my heart still remembers
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Bm
Bsus4
Way down river,
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Bm
way down
Bsus4
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That's where you are
Bsus4
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D#
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Em
Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh,
Em
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C#dim
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Em
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Bsus4
Bm
oh
Bsus4
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I'm weary from the rain
Watching currents disappear
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behind my vessel
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I long to see your shoreline
fall upon the sand
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And kiss your golden surface
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Bsus4
So I hope that
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you don't give your heart away
Bsus4
No, I hope that you don't
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give your heart
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I'm on my way
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Downriver
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To your blue
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Deep water
C#m
And my heart
F#m
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G#m
Still thunders
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Bsus4
Way downriver
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Bsus4
Way downriver
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Bsus4
Lay down tonight
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That's where you are
Outro 1
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