Five Room Love Story chords by Cowboy Junkies

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I met  (D major) her in a church
A 
 (A major) on a Sunday evening
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D 
Not late  (G major) on Saturday night  (D major) 
She sang ave maria
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A little flat  (A major) and out of time
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 (G major) But that's what drew me to her
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So  (D major) that's alright
A 
As she placed a  (A major) nickle in the basket
D 
A 
 (D major) That I held before  (A major) her
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D 
I asked her  (G major) to be my  (D major) wife

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Verse 2

And there's one cardboard heart

For every time you said 'I love you'

A painted star for every

secret that we shared

A dried lima bean and small

plastic birds

Because you cared

Verse 3
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 (D major) 
A 
I hear their talk  (A major) and I watch them swap
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D 
Their  (G major) old black and  (D major) whites
Bitter and beaten
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They talk  (A major) of life's cheatin'
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Like old  (G major) boxers comparing scars
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 (D major) 

Verse 4
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All I re (A major) member is a smile at the top of
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 (D major) every working morning
A 
D 
And a shoulder  (A major) always willing and  (D major) able
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And  (A major) all those nights that we'd
D 
spend just sit (D major) ting
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And talking  (A major) around  (G major) our kitchen table
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 (D major) 

Verse 5
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And there's  (G major) one cardboard heart
D 
For every time you said 'I love  (D major) you'
G 
A painted star  (G major) for every secret
D 
that we shared  (D major) 
A 
G 
A dried  (A major) lima bean and small  (G major) 
plastic birds
D 
Because you  (D major) cared

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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 (D major) Five rooms made stronger by the
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 (A major) breaking and the healing
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D 
Of the two  (G major) hearts they protected with (D major) in
Now one heart left aching
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Just  (A major) piecing and painting
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These  (G major) walls with the memories
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of  (D major) all that is real

Verse 7
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G 
 (D major) And there's one  (G major) cardboard heart
D 
For every time you said 'I love  (D major) you'
G 
A painted star  (G major) for every secret
D 
that we shared  (D major) 
A 
G 
A dried  (A major) lima bean and small  (G major) 
plastic birds
D 
Because you  (D major) cared

Verse 8
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 (D major) 
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And there's  (G major) one cardboard heart
D 
For every time you said  (D major) 'I love you'
G 
A painted star  (G major) for every secret
D 
that we shared  (D major) 
G 
D 
A dried  (G major) lima bean and small  (D major) 
A 
G 
plastic birds  (A major)  (G major) 
Because you cared
D 
 (D major) 