Peeling Bark chords by 
John Wesley Harding 
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Yesterday he was walking
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through the park
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On the way back from work
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it was get ting dark
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He saw autumn trees with
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their peel ing bark
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She was sitting on a bench
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He didn't think she'd look twice you see
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But she looked three times
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or so it would seem
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The rain started up it began to teem
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An d she was getting drenched
Verse 2
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She started to run but
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he caught up quickly
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And he was wearing sunglasses
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it was hard to see
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Then she hit him with a moving plea
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Could I please share your
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umbrella
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Well he just smiled and he let her in
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And they walked through
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the rain like Sia mese twins
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He does n't normally pick up
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girls he thinks it's a sin
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C
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He just not that sort of fella
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Verse 3
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She told him where she lived and
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she told him her name
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And he tried her patience,
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she tried to play games
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He wanted to be with her
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though his ex cuse was lame
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I was go ing that way any way
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Her flat in a house it was three miles out
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Right next to a train track and
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he had to shout
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She said I'm a dancer, she twirled about
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An d asked him if he wanted
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to stay
Verse 4
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His clothes were really wet
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he should have taken them off
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But he was em barrassed
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'cause he thought she'd laugh
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But then she insisted when she
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heard him cough
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She went to make some tea
And he was wearing just
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a towel to keep him warm
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And he saw that she liked
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Somerset Maugham
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She took the Guardian so she could
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be better informed
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But she wasn't in terested politically
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She seemed rather nonchalant
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Verse 5
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Time went fast, time came to leave
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But in that room he thought he was Adam,
she was Eve
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He wasn't lying and she was
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n't deceived
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And neither knew what to say
But everything seemed to be
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go ing down fine
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Til she gave him a leaving sign
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And he asked her 'Why?', he said
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'Is the fault all mine?'
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She just said 'No,
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I've had a bad day'
Verse 6
So he wandered back to town
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in the drizz ling rain
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And he wondered if he'd ever
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see her again
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He wanted to walk with her
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down lov er's lane
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And it star ted to make him cry
'cause his life was turning cartwheels,
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all his cards were down
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In the circus of existence,
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he always played a clown
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He wanted a slice of forever as
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he turned into town
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And he felt her memory die
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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But today he was walking through the park
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On the way back from work
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it was still getting dark
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He saw autumn trees with
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their peeling bark
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And she was still sit ting on that bench
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