Song For David chords by
Steve Goodman

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Key: G minor

Verse 1
Em Em 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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Em Em 
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Weary though weary is only a case
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Am Am 
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Of being unwound at the
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D D 
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wrong time and place.
C C 
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David put down his head and
B B 2
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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G G 
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he covered his face,
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C C 
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He asked himself why he had
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Em Em 
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bothered to race
With the sun.
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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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He thought that
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Em Em 
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standing still would have been a mistake.
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C C 
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He knew all along the risks
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D D 
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he would take.
Can't help thinking that the
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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whole thing's fake
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B B 2
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And the race was fixed long before it had
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Even been run.

Interlude 2

Asus4

Verse 3
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He knew the sun sets a
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Am Am 
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treacherous pace
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D D 
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Am Am 
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That only madmen try to erase -
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G G 
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You can race it, you can chase it,
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E E 
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for one moment,
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Am Am 
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But then you let go.
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Dm Dm 
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Verse 4

It's too hot to hold

For too long I've been told,

Besides, that old sun is just lucky

Verse 5
And so
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Am Am 
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Weary, though weary is
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Em Em 
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only a case
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C C 
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Of being unwound at the wrong
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Em Em 
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D D 
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time and place.
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David put down his head and he
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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covered his face,
D D 
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He asked himself why he
C C 
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B B 2
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had bothered to race
Em Em 
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With the sun.
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Verse 6

Asus4

David knew who had won

Outro 1

And he waited for dawn.

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