standing strong chords by The Waifs

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) Don't take this away from me,
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baby  (C major)  (G major) 
Cause I feel it all tonight
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 (C major) Your  (G major) eyes tell me that I'm home
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But  (C major) I  (G major) feel like a stranger
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Underneath the north (C major) ern sky
Cm 
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I  (C minor) feel like a stranger  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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Our  (G major) blood lies in this here  (C major) sand
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 (G major) It's buried down under
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the  (C major) she -oak trees
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And  (G major) young boys who grow into  (C major) men
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Stand  (G major) strong against buffeting winds  (D major) 
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I  (C major) see him standing strong  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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So  (G major) take it away from me
Bm 
Take  (B minor) it away from me
Em 
 (E minor) Take it away from me baby
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D 
 (C major) I  feel  (D major) it all the night
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 (G major) Your eyes tell me that I'm home
Bm 
Your  (B minor) eyes tell me that I'm home
Em 
Your  (E minor) eyes tell me that I'm home
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D 
And I won't  (C major) feel like a stranger  (D major) 
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Bm 
Em 
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 (G major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) 
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And there was  (G major) something divine
in the way we met
Bm 
In a  (B minor) distant isle on a leaking boat
Em 
Bm 
We  (E minor) sang song (B minor) s   un
Em 
 (E minor) der conspiring stars
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 (C major) They hatched a plan  (G major) and sent  (D major) us far apart
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 (G major) Years go by and you walk
through the door
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Bm 
My  (D major) life  (B minor) was in a mess,
Mark was on the floor
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You lifted  (E minor) it up and that's when I knew
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D 
I  (C major) was meant to  (D major) be with you
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So  (G major) don't take it away from me
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Bm 
Em 
Take  (B minor) it  (G major) away  (B minor) from me  (E minor) 
Bm 
C 
Take it away from  (B minor) me   (C major) 
D 
I feel  (D major) it all the night
G 
 (G major) Your eyes tell me that I'm home
Bm 
Your  (B minor) eyes tell me that I'm home
Em 
Her  (E minor) eyes know that I'm home
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D 
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See  (C major) a stand (D major) ing stone  (G major) 
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Em 
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 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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Bm 
 (G major) Take it away from  (D major) me  (G major)  (B minor) 
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Bm 
Take it  (G major) away  (B minor) from me
Em 
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D 
Take  (E minor) it away from me  (C major)  (D major) 
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Take  (G major) it away from me
Bm 
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Bm 
Take  (B minor) it  (G major) away  (B minor) from me
Em 
 (E minor) Take it away from me
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D 
 (C major) When we're stand (D major) ing strong you