While You Were Away chords by Jesca Hoop
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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While you were away,
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you were away
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I made
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Bricks of bread, bricks to break
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From home- grown grain
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Planted in rows
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And gathered when gold
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And ground by my hand
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Verse 2
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While you were away,
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you were away
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I slept past the dawn
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The sun would set,
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and the sun would say
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"This night will be long"
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So I lit up the stars
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On this ceiling of ours
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And I wro te song for hours
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So your
Verse 3
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home is warm
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'Cause I've kept it warm
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And alive while you were gone
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So your home is warm
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'Cause I've kept it warm
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And alive while you were gone
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Verse 4
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While you were away, you were away
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I made
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A charm of herbs,
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herbs that pray
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And the charm is brave
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It's guarding the glass
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And it's guarding the doors
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And it's guarding the floor
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Verse 5
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Through the storm,
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through the storm
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The windows fought the wind
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And the rival oak's broken arm
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But they never gave in
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So I'm tend ing the fire
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That you built 'fore you left
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It's not gone out once
Verse 6
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So your home is warm
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'Cause I've kept it warm
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And alive while you were gone
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So your home is warm
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'Cause I've kept it warm
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And alive while you were gone
Outro 1
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While You Were Away
Jesca Hoop
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