If We Were Words (We Would Rhyme) chords by Gruff Rhys, Gruff Rhys

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Wandering hearts,
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Ticking together,
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But always apart,
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Open the door and the fu   ture restarts,
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But I'd never claim you were mine,
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Just if we were words we would
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rhyme.

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Verse 2
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Caution then regret,
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A cowardly dog barking
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empty threats,
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Backtracking,
Dancing,
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As       pat terns are set,
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But I'd never claim you were mine,
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Just if we were words we would
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rhyme.

Verse 3
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Picked and processed within
twenty seven days,
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Delivery free.
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Send me round the globe and back
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again to you a flower.
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Wheels come off and hobble over to
the next replacement of choice.
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But you were the sentence
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that gave me a voice,
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Now I cry,
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As we by the by.

Interlude 1

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Verse 4
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And I  will always wonder,
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How it would be if we never had met,
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Life would be easier,
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But dull,
I suspect,
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You'd ask me to
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keep it discreet,
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So I'll sing a song of deceit,
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And  I'd never claim you were mine,
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Just if we were words,
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We would rhyme,
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If we were words,
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We would rhyme.