Though I Hardly Knew You (I Still Call Out Your Name) chords by David James Allen

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I  (D major) packed my bags and caught a train
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To meet my love at a gate  (A major) 
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Left  (D major) behind the weeping eyes
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of a father fearing change  (A major) 
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Though  (G major) I didn't know it then
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that your lov (D major) ing would
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ache and strain  (A major) 
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Though  (D major) I hardly knew you then
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I'd still call  (A major) out your name  (D major) 
You were married with two children then,
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both with honest names  (A major) 
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Born  (D major) with gifts of labor's pride,
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it would make you glow to say  (A major) 
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Though  (G major) I didn't know it then
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That your lov (D major) in' would
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cheat and stray  (A major) 
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Bonds  (D major) will break and time will shape
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And some love bakes  (A major) in vain  (D major) 
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Though  (G major) I hardly knew you then,
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I'd still  (D major) call out  (A major) your name
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Waiting  (D major) in a whisper,
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you'd come to ease  (A major) my pain  (D major) 
Well, I was working dead -end jobs
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To put food on my plate  (A major) 
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 (D major) Dealing dimes from time to time
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It was no honest wage  (A major) 
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My  (G major) father disapproved of me
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And he said  (D major) I needed change  (A major) 
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 (D major) No one tells me who to be
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My life's my string  (A major) to play  (D major) 
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Though  (G major) I hardly knew you then,
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I'd still  (D major) call out your  (A major) name
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Waiting  (D major) in a whisper,
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you'd come to ease  (A major) my pain  (D major) 
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Though  (G major) I hardly knew you then,
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I'd still  (D major) call out  (A major) your name
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Wait (D major) ing in a whisper,
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you'd come to ease  (A major) my pain  (D major) 
Waiting in a whisper,
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you'd come to ease  (A major) my pain  (D major) 
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