Jim Thornton chords by Daphne Willis

SimplifiedGsus2 · D · A · B · E …

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Gsus2
D
A
B
E
Bm
F#m
G#dim
C#
Em
Abdim
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Intro 1

Gsus2

Verse 1
Gsus2 
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He       thought about it for a  while
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And figured he'd give it a try
B 
A 
He called him on the phone
B 
to let him know
It buzzed around from ear to ear
A 
If you knew him,
you couldn't help but hear
B 
Wouldn't miss it for the world,
you had to go
E 
The news was out,
A 
B 
E 
the mood was slow
D 
Gsus2 
F#m 
They came     from all over the   place
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To see the changes in his face
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The lines, they creep in slow
But how they grow
Gsus2 
And      funny how your face to you
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B 
There's nothing old or young or new
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B 
To someone else that time can't throw
E 
G#dim 
E 
A 
It's so, oh -oh -oh
C# 
You let it pass me  by now
E 
Em 
D 
A 
I won't see the beauty in these things
C# 
But just to try to comprehend
D 
B 
Abdim 
Can't help with more than just
Bm 
G 
Gsus2 
D 
A 
B 
the end
E 
F#m 
D 
G 
Gsus2 
Mixing hu mor with distress
A 
He put those standards all to test
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The lucky we who got to see
G 
Gsus2 
To some     this may be nothing new
A 
B 
A 
But, oh, the plane ride I went through
B 
A 
Mmm, oh -oh -oh -oh
C# 
You let it pass me by
E 
Em 
D 
Now I won't see the
A 
beauty in these things
C# 
But just to try to comprehend
D 
B 
Can't help with more
Bm 
Abdim 
than just
Bm 
D 
E 
Oh, and when he went on
Now there's no telling
C# 
B 
Bm 
how many different things it meant,
D 
oh -oh -oh
E 
And when I go,
C# 
if there was something better out there
B 
F#m 
Then I  hope that I don't
B 
A 
E 
need to know,
A 
oh -oh -oh
B 
C# 
Oh, let it pass me by
G 
A 
And I  won't see the
D 
A 
beauty in these things
F#m 
C# 
But just to try to comprehend
D 
F#m 
B 
Can't    help with more,
E 
G#dim 
E 
with more
A 
C# 
Yeah, let it pass you by
E 
Em 
E 
Now you won't see the
D 
A 
beauty in these things
C# 
but just to try to comprehend
D 
B 
Bm 
E 
Bm 
G 
Gsus2 
can't help but with more they're just the en
A 
B 
A 
B 
E 
A 
d
Gsus2 
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B 
A 
B 
E 
A 
Thank you for