The Things We Carry chords by Rita Coolidge

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Verse 1
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Oh, the
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things we
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carry and hold on to
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Like my mind's picture of you
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Mother singing in the kitchen
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when daddy's  dead, revival
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Finding muddy waters and a lost highway
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on the road     to my survival
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All the memories run together
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from autumn gold to summer blue
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With the things we carry an
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d hold on to
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Oh the things we carry and can't let go
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The cruelties of life
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I wish I didn't know
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What a life is worth
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and just what freedom costs
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And how much dying hurts
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And living   with that loss
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As the angel wings beat
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And the cold winds blow
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For the things we carry
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Can't let go
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We are fathers, we are mothers
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We are sisters, we are brothers
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These are the things that we carry
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And hold     on to
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Hold on to me, baby I'll hold on
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Hold on to me, baby
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And I'll hold on to you
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Oh, things I carry and hold on to
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My mind's whispered of you
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Music of your voice, like a perfect violin
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Play soft upon my heart,
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till I  see you again
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Song runs like a river,
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brings me back to you
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With the things I carry
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Hold on to me
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We are fathers, we are mothers
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We are sisters, we are brothers
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These are the things that we carry
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Hold on to
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Hold on to me baby, I'll hold on
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Hold on to me baby, I'll hold on
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Hold on to me baby,
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I'll hold on to you
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All the things we carry and hold on to
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Like my mind's picture of you