Key: F major
Intro 1
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C
G
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Verse 1
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Oh Lord, I'm tired, it's
D
time to go to bed,
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D
Way, after midnight,
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and the wine's gone to my head,
C
A
Lying here upon the shore just
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D
C
listening to the waves,
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C
Dsus4
D
And it's been a perfect day.
Verse 2
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C
D
Packed up a picnic and set off for the sea,
G
Taking all the back roads where
Am
D
no-one else else would be,
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A
My and you and Paul and Sue,
D
G
C
How we laughed the time away,
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C
Dsus4
And we had a perfect day.
D
Bsus4
B
I brought along my old guitar,
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B
And ly ing there beneath the stars,
Em
D
C
We sang all the Beatle songs we knew,
A
Lord you should have heard
those harmonies,
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G
When we did Nowhere Man and Let It Be
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C
G
D
C
D
G
D
C
G
D
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My love, if we should break up,
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D
Should we ever part,
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D
And you're searching for some memory,
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D
To help your aching heart,
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A
Forget about the hurtful things,
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C
That lovers often say,
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C
And remember this perfect
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D
day.
Bsus4
Then people start coming
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around the fire,
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And I was strumming
B
at my old guitar,
Em
Trying to think of something
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C
everybody knew,
A
And then you said "though it's far away,
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Em
D
A Christmas song would really make
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C
G
my day."
Dsus4
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Dsus4
G
Dsus4
And everybody sang
D
C
G
C
G
C
G
D
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D
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A
And all I really want to do,
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C
Is sing songs for you,
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Dsus4
D
Then it's been a perfect day,
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D
G
Yes it's been a perfect day.
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