Just Because chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Intro 1

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Have you

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ever loved someone you knew nothing of
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Except you'd seen the light in
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side their eyes?
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Have you ever loved
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someone just because
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Nothing felt so easy or
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so right?

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And I think of you like the others do

Wondering if you think of me

And if you do, if you really do

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Who is it that you see?

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Have you ever loved
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Whether right or wrong
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Have you ever loved someone
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Just because?
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Have you ever tried to speak
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the truth instead of lie
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When it seemed you had everything
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to    lose?
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Have  you ever tried to stand
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your ground instead of hide
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When staying only made
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you look a fool?
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And I stayed by you   though I  think I knew
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It wouldn't change a thing
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Changes come to hearts with ease
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But they come so hard to me
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Have you ever tried to make it last,
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not knowing why
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Except you had   to try
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Just because?
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And every day that passes now
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I suppose I'm getting older
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Wiser with the things I've done
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But I hope I don't grow colder
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And now I see the ones
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who've lost so much
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They swear they're done
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With love and all the chance
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it brings  for pain
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But have you ever touched,
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and by itself it was enough
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To make you want to reach
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out once again?

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And I'll touch you when  I need a friend
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Or just a small reminder
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That I haven't grown too cold to feel
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You penetrate my armor
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Have you ever loved
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Whether right or wrong
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Have you ever loved someone
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Just because?
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Have you ever loved someone
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Just because?