Watching It Go chords by Don Gibson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Me,
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it seems I'm spending most of my time
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Spending ten cents while
I'm making time
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Trying to make sense
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out of lives mixed up right
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In the meantime, I'm watching it go
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The butterfly spins in his little cocoon,
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thinking of songs that
he'll be singing soon.
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So if you'll listen to the
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butterfly's tune,
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me, I'm just watching it go.
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Watching it go, wanting to know
where you've gone when
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you've been.
Poor Cinderella,
she's bowing her head
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Telling some stranger
what a hard life she's led
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And glass slippers sound
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asleep un der the bed
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Sadly, I'm watching her go
Prince charming dressed
in disarming disguise
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Flashing his charms as
he's blind in her eyes
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Morning will hear him say
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their sunshine goodbyes
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Me I've seen a few of them go
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Watching it go and wanting to know
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Where do you go when you're
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pained?
Well, me like so many,
I've tried so many things
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Walking on crutches and
calling them wings
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And wondering who's pulling
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the puppeteer strings
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Me, I'm just wanting to know
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Watching it go, wanting to know,
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where do you go when we're