Then We Cried chords by
Dougie Maclean

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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Am

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F

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C

C

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G

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F

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C

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G

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Am

Am

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Verse 1

C

C

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G

G

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Across the ocean,

Em

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F

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And the wind blows silent

C

C

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G

G

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F

F

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What a tale of sorrow it brings

C

C

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G

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And listen how the force

Am

Am

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F

F

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Am

Am

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that's so vain and violent rings

C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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Am

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Stand the shore, watch the broad horizon

F

F

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C

C

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Em

Em

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G

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F

F

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Never knowing what it might hide

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C

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G

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Em

Em

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Washing up a great storm

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Am

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F

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Am

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of tears on every tide

Dm

Dm

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Am

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G

G

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And then we cried

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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G

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And then we cried

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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He dives down to never surface

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F

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C

C

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What happened to the

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F

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sun's shining light?

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C

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G

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Forever to be lost

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F

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Am

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C

C

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in the longest, darkest night

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G

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F

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She soars round in endless circles

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C

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G

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F

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Holdin' to her final, fatal flight

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C

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G

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Then falling through the changes

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Am

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F

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Am

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till time folds out of sight

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Dm

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C

C

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And then we cry

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G

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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G

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C

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G

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Am

Am

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F

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C

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An d then we cry

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G

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F

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C

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G

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Am

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Am

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G

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We are turning left to Park Road

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F

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How could it have come to be this?

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C

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G

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From a vision so weightless

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Am

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Dm

Dm

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Am

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and true

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G

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F

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How could it have come to be this?

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C

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Will all things regain?

Dm

Dm

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C

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G

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Am

Am

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F

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Is it there only for our taking

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C

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G

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F

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Will solution bring more fear

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C

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G

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An unforgotten rhythm that's

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Am

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F

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lost but ever near

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C

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G

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Am

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Stand ashore, watch the broad horizon

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F

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C

C

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G

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F

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Never knowing what it might hide

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C

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G

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Am

Am

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Washing up a great storm of tears

F

F

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Am

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on every tide

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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G

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And then we cry

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Dm

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C

C

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G

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And then we cry

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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G

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And then we cried

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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G

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And then we cried

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Dm

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Am

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G

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And then we cried

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Dm

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G

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And then we cry

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Dm

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G

G

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And then we cry

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Dm

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G

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And then we cry

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G

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And then we cry

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C

C

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And then we cry

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Chords

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Dm

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The original key of Then We Cried by Dougie MacLean is C major.

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