Sweet Jonathan chords by Elfin Bow

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Verse 1
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This is the sadness
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that you have known
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Your family's branching,
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the leaves are all blown
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But the smile on your face,
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the trouble within
Em 
When you took on a lover,
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sweet Jonathan
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Em 
Jonathan lay down next to you
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with a hammer of lead, a hammer of lead
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Anyone threatened he'd
knock him dead,
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Em 
ooh, ooh, ooh,  yeah
Jonathan lay down next to you
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A 
with a hammer of lead, a hammer of lead
Em 
Anyone threatened he'd
knock them dead
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Em 
Ooh, this is  the sadness
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that you have known
Em 
Your family's branches,
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the leaves are all blown
Em 
Put the smile on your face,
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hide the trouble within
Em 
When you took on love,
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sweet Jonathan
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Em 
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to keep you warm
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Em 
Wrapped too tightly
to keep you from harm
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Em 
Ooh, yeah
Gather your clothes,
gather weathered and worn
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Em 
To keep you warm, to keep you warm
Wrapped you tightly
to keep you from harm
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Em 
Ooh, this is  the sadness
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That you have known
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Em 
Your family's branches
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Their leaves are all blown
Em 
But the smile on your face hides
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The trouble within
Em 
When you took on a lover
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Em 
Sweet Joys and Moons
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Em 
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Em 
Oooo
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Kept   you on a lump of twine
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To keep you close by,
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to keep you close by
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Didn't miss nothing with his beady eye,
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Em 
ooh -ooh -ooh -oo h, yeah
He kept you on a length of twine
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to keep you close by,
to keep you close by
Em 
Didn't miss nothing with his beady eye,
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ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh
Em 
This is  the sadness
A 
that you had known
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Em 
Your family's branches,
A 
their leaves are all blown
Em 
But the smile on your face hides
A 
the trouble within
Em 
When you took on love,
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Em 
A 
sweet Jonathan
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Em 
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Em 
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Edim 
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Oh