Leaves Are Bright as Dancing Fire (For Otis) chords by Karl Culley

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Verse 1
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Well, I couldn't resist the urge
to tell you the end of my story.
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For all of those who wanted to know,
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was there life after the pain?
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After the pain, you come and love me.
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And I welcome you.
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You're a glad sight to see
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And after the rain
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And all that I have been through
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I still can't explain
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How I can still love you like I do
But I do, yes I do
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Still love you after the pain
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Though you still do me after the pain
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After the pain
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We sit and   we talk a  while
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And I fight with all my might
To hold back the tears from falling
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with a pleasant smile
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And after the rain
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I can't believe you got the nerve
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to still call me baby
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And I try to tell you no, it ain't so
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But I guess no just ain't in me
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Cause boy, I still love you like I do now
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Boy, you still do me like
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you love me
Yeah, I know you're laughing,
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those of you who've heard pain
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Yeah, you're right, I sure did
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I said I'd never take him back again
Well, it's a woman's prerogative
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to change her mind,
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isn't it? We do it all the time.
Don't laugh.
You've probably done
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the same thing too.
It's just that you know me
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and I don't know you.
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You know one thing time
has taught me
that having a piece of man
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is  better than having no man at all.
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So I'm gonna just take what I got
and work with it.
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You understand what I mean?
And don't you remember thinking
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back just a few years
when people used to try to help
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you stay together.
They found out you were
on the verge of breaking up.
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They used to cook up a little food
and throw a little party
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And whisper things in your ear like
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Don't blame Mr. Charlie
Mr. Charlie is just a man
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And he's doing the best he can
I heard him say
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Don't blame Mr. Charlie
Mr. Charlie is just a man
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And he's doing the best he can
That's why I still love you
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Like I love me
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Though you still do me like you love me
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I know that you know it's true
After all I've been through
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I should be through with love
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But there's a God up above
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That keeps saying, Daddy, try
Don't give up, you know why
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The sun is gonna shine
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Cause you are mine, all mine
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You just keep doing your best
And I will do the rest
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Cause I love you,
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love you better like I do
That's why I still love you
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like I do pain, the pain
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Oh, you still do me like you do
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The pain, the pain
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My love is deeper than any ocean
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And my love is higher than
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any mountain
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Oh, it's full of emotion
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My love is full of devotion
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My love is in and out of season
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And I love you with or
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without a reason
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You see, God is gonna bless me
For lovin' you
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For all the times that you
treated me wrong
And I kept bein' true
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You see, God's eyes,
they're not closed
He's not asleep
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Said He's watchin'
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every move you make
Every secret you keep
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Boy, you better be careful
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Ooh,  ooh, ooh, ooh
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Said if you treat me bad
Or make me sad
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My Father in Heaven
Is watching you
But I still love you
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Like I love me
And no, no, no, no, no, no, no
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No one's ever gonna love you like I do
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See, no one's ever
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gonna love you like I do
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No one's ever gonna love you like I do
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No one's ever gonna love you like I do
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I don't know why I do, but I do
Yes, I do.
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Oh, there's a woman in me
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that keeps on loving you.
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I   don't know why.
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Oh, I don't know why.
I don't know why.
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But I do. I do. I do. do. I do.
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I do,
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I don't know why baby, but I love you
Oh, yes I do,
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baby don't you know it's true
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Yes I do, baby, no strange
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Still lovin' after the pain
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