Follow My Tears chords by Boo Hewerdine

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Intro 1

Verse 1
was born in
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the shadow of the factory I'd be working
For me, me and my brother
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There was nowhere else we could go
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I married a local boy in 1947
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His hands were up,
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but his eyes were kind
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And  I knew our love would grow
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From my eyes to the river
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From the river to the sea
From the sea to the
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darkening clouds
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From the sky back down to me
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Follow my tears
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Follow my tears
We sailed for
New
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Zealand
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I was carrying our second daughter
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And there, there on the dark side I nev
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er knew they were last goodbyes
The first time I saw
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Wellington
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My heart would not stop racing
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We had come halfway around the
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world to start our new life
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From my eyes to the river
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From the river to the sea
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From the sea to the darkening clouds,
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from the sky back down to me
Follow my tears,
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follow my tears
Now
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John, he was an engineer
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And he worked till the day he died
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He left me wanting nothing
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For thirty years this was our home
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I am by myself now
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The children call me now and then
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His hands were up and his eyes were kind
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And I knew our love would grow
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From my eyes to the river
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From the river to the sea
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From the sea to the darkening clouds
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From the sky back down to me
Follow my tears,
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my tears
Follow my tears,
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follow my tears
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