Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Verse 1
Em
I've
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G
Far from the town where I was a teen
Em
G
To Budapest and west Odense
C
G
A million miles from New Providence
Verse 2
C
G
The blue and white house half an acre lawn
Em
G
So why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
Em
There was
Verse 3
nothing to do and
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C#m
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I sat in my room and
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B
Bm
C
We fought and squabbled every third day
And I longed for the time
D
G
when I'd go far away
Verse 4
F
C
I never look back and I try to forget
F
C
Why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
B
The mezuzah in front and the books in the stack
Em
?
Interlude 1
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Em
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Em
Verse 5
Now I walk to work under
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G
I keep on living and I even forgave
Verse 6
Em
G
How you died in front of me that day
C
G
The clock keeps ticking as you slide away
Em
G
And time stood still for a full year
C
G
While I pretend you were near
Verse 7
C#dim
C
Four paramedics, they couldn't say
G
B
C
That you would live to comfort me
D
G
Or one day know who I would be
Verse 8
F
C
I never look back and I try to forget
F
C
Why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
The mezuzah in front and
Verse 9
C
G
I never look back and I try to forget
C
G
Why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
D
The mezuzah in front and the books in the stack?
Outro 1
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Em
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm G C D C#dim...
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