Song for Duke chords by
Judy Collins

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Key: Db major•

Intro 1

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Absus4

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I didn't even

Verse 1
Db Db 4
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know the man
Gb Gb 2
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I didn't know the man himself
Absus4 Absus4 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Even though    his music filled my life
Db Db 4
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As it has so many others
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I knew      that he had died

Verse 2

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that week

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After fighting death a year or more

Absus4

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But I had had a rule before

Absus4

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That funerals were a waste of flowers

Verse 3
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But something said I had   to go
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To be a witness to his gift of love
A man who never once
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gave up  on life
Absus4 Absus4 4
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Until death took him
Ab Ab 4
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in his tracks
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Ab Ab 4
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The people stood

Verse 4
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around the church
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Ten thousand people there they say,
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Gb Gb 2
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or  more
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Black and white,    rich and poor
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Db Db 4
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Together they were there to say farewell
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In New York City it had rained

Verse 5
Db Db 4
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that day
The streets were silver and
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the sky   was gray
But in the church the music
soared and sang
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Db Db 4
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And seemed to fill the air with shining sun

Verse 6
Bbm Bbm 
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The man was a     hero
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He played the music of  our souls
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He knew that we all have in us
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Ab Ab 4
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A place where beauty always grows
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Db Db 4
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Interlude 1

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Absus4

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Absus4

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Outside in

Verse 7
Db Db 4
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the streets again
The people wandered through
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the       falling rain
They waved their hands and
Ab Ab 4
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Absus4 Absus4 4
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dried their tears
Ab Ab 4
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Absus4 Absus4 4
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And turned to go
Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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about their lives again
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But none of us        will