Lauren's Forest chords by The Winterlings

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Verse 1
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 (F major) We went down to Lawrence Forest
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just  (C major) the other afternoon
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 (A minor) She was buried in those cedars
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sev (C major) en years ago last June
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I can't  (F major) remember how she smiled
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I  (C major) dug a hundred pictures out
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And  (A minor) threw them all into the fire
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Nearly  (C major) burned our new
house down
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 (G major) Breathing in, I'm breathing in
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Breath (C major) ing out, I'm breathing out
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 (G major) Feel the moonlight on my skin,
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feel  (C major) my feet on the ground  (G major) now
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Oh, now  (C major) 
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Now  (G major) 
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Oh, now  (C major) 
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Just  (F major) three weeks before our wedding,
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 (C major) she went swimming in the lake
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I found  (A minor) her body, hailing,
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floating like  (C major) a boat in outer space
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I couldn't  (F major) stop my eyes from crying,
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my  (C major) voice from calling her name
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On  (A minor) the day we planned our wedding
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I put  (C major) my shotgun in my mouth
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Breathing  (G major) in, I'm breathing in
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Breath (C major) ing out, breathing out
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 (G major) Feel the moonlight on my skin
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Feel  (C major) my feet on the ground now  (G major) 
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Oh now,  (C major) now,
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 (G major) oh now  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (A minor)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (A minor)  (C major) 
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I  (F major) was sitting in the closet
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when  (C major) her sister Clara came
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And  (A minor) reached into my deepest darkness
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And pulled  (C major) that shotgun from my face
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I didn't  (F major) mean to hold her so close
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I didn't  (C major) mean to touch her skin
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But  (A minor) ever since she saved my life
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Clara's  (C major) been my one true friend
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Breathing  (G major) in, I'm breathing in
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Breath (C major) ing out, breathing out
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 (G major) Feel the moonlight on my skin
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Feel  (C major) my feet on the ground  (G major) now
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Oh now,  (C major) now  (G major) 
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Oh, now  (C major) 
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Some  (F major) nights I hear Lauren whisper
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Will  (C major) you come see me soon?
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I know  (A minor) you married my younger sister
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I love  (C major) you both, you know I do
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On  (F major) a cold and foggy morning
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Clara  (C major) gave birth to a girl
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And  (A minor) now you have a little angel
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To carry  (C major) your name around the world
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 (G major) Breathing in, I'm breathing in
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Breath (C major) ing out, breathing out
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 (G major) Feel the sunlight on my skin
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Feel  (C major) my feet on the ground  (G major) now
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Oh, now  (C major) 
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 (G major) Now
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Oh, now  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) 
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