Under Their Breath chords by Jon Boden

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) The flower (D major) s in the  (A major) valley
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all bloomed  (B minor) today  (D major) as  (A major) one
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And the  (G major) people of the parish woke to  (A major) find
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That  (D major) summer was out walk (A major) ing
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like he'd  (D major) never  (E minor) been  (A major) away
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And  (G major) all the world  (D major) was in a joyful mind
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And  (A major) the sun in the valley was  (D major) golden
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And the people  (A major) on the road
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 (D major) were singing under  (G major) their  (A major) breath
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Songs of sad (E minor) ness,
but singing nonetheless
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 (A major) They were  (D major) singing un (G major) der their breath
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 (A minor) Songs  (D major) they had forgotten  (A major) long ago  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (A major) 
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The old  (D major) whores of the  (A major) factory
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came  (B minor) tumbling down  (A major) today
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And  (G major) the children of the valley went to  (A major) sea
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And  (D major) old men stood ponder (A major) ing
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and folks  (B minor) began  (A major) to talk
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Of  (G major) what had been  (D major) an d is  (A major) and is  (D major) to be
And the sun, through the ruins,
was golden
And the people of the valley
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were dreaming  (G major) un der  (D major) that  (A major) wrath
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Only  (E minor) modest dreams,
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but dreaming nonethe (A major) less
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They were dream (D major) ing un (G major) der
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their  (A major) breath  (A minor) 
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 (D major) Dreams  (C major) they had  (D major) for
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gotten long ago  (A major) 
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Many  (B minor) fires  (A major) on the hilltop
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were  (D major) lit last  (G major) night
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An (B minor) d the hearts of all  (A major) men
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were  (D major) blazing at  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major) All  (B minor) manner of things  (A major) were
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 (D major) thrown upon the  (G major) pyre
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We  (D major)  (E minor) watched them burn until dawn
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And the children of the  (A major) morning
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were  (D major) grieving un (G major) der  (D major) their  (A major) breath
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Not  (E minor) forgetting,
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but maybe letting  (A major) go a little
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 (D major) Grieving un (G major) der their  (A major) breath
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For  (G major) things that  (D major) they had  (A major) lost so long  (D major) ago
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