Primary chords by Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (E minor) Innocence
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of sleep (D major) ing children
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 (E minor) Resting while I'm slowly  (D major) dreaming
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Stops  (E minor) all time  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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Spill  (E minor) my  steps and start  (D major) to blur
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So many  (E minor) years have  (D major) filled my heart,
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I  (E minor) never thought I'd  (D major) say those  (E minor) words
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) The  (E minor) fur ther we go,
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the older  (D major) we grow,
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the more  (E minor) we know,
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the  (D major) less we show  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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The  (E minor) very first time I  (D major) saw your face,
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I  (E minor) thought of a song,
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and  (D major) quickly changed  (E minor) the tune  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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The  (E minor) very first time I  (D major) touched your skin,
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I  (E minor) thought of a story,
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 (D major) and rushed to reach the
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 (E minor) end too soon  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (C major) Oh,  (D major) remember,  (C major) oh,
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 (D major) please don't change  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major) So  (E minor) I'm fucking thir (D major) teen,
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here's a  (E minor) shiny ring
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And  (D major) how could I forget  (E minor) your name?  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major) The  (E minor) end no longer in  (D major) my throat,
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an (E minor) other perfect lie  (D major) is choked
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 (E minor) But it al (D major) ways feels  (E minor) the same
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 (D major) So  (G major) they  (A major) close together,  (G major) 
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dressed in  (A major) red and yellow
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In  (G major) the sand  (A major) forever,
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 (F major) sleeping children
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in their blue -thawed  (B minor) brooms still
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 (D major) dream  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (D major) 
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When  (E major) we grow, the  (D major) older we grow,
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the more  (E major) we know, the  (D major) less we show
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 (E major) The further we  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major) go,
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the  (D major) older we grow,
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more  (E major) we know, the  (D major) less we show
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The  (E major) further we go,  (D major)  (E major) the we know,
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the  (D major) less we show
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The  (E major) we go, the  (D major) older we grow,
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the  (E major) more we know, the  (D major) less we show
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The  (E major) we go,  (D major) the older we grow,
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 (E major) we know, the  (D major) we show
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The  (E major) faster we go, the  (D major) older we grow,
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the more  (E major) we know,
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the  (D major) less we show  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major) 
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 (D major) you