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It is five half steps higher than the recording. If you want to play along,
transpose it down by 5 half steps...
G D
Every step I take takes me farther from you
D7 C G D
Every move I make reminds me that I'll always love you
G D
Since you were a child we built our lives around you
D C G D
How'm I supposed to live in this world we made without you?
C G D
Sometimes late at night I go the field
C
Is that where you are?
C G D
Are you a shooting star?
C
Can you say my name?
C G D
Darling can you hear me?
C G D
Tell me where's your heart now that it stopped beating?
C G
It's right here, it's right here, it's right here
G D
When you joined the war we were so proud of you
D7 C G D
You seemed so grown up, living life the way we taught you
G D
Then your first letter came, it sounded nothing like you
D7 C G D
It took all my strength to keep myself from running to you
C G D
Sometimes late at night I go the field
C
Is that where you are?
C G D
Are you a shooting star?
C
Can you say my name?
C G D
Darling can you hear me?
C G D
Tell me where's your heart now that it stopped beating?
C G
It's right here, it's right here, it's right here
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G C G G C G
And it will always be until the sun dries the ocean
G C G C
And you will always be my little one
(Pg 2)
Em C G G Am C G G
Em C G
If I was the President, if I was that man
Am C G
I would walk out with those kids, out across the sand
Em C G
If I was the President, if I was that brave
Am C G
I would take a shovel, then dig each child their grave
Em C G
If I was the President, and my world turned black
Am C G
I would want no victory, I'd just want you back
Em C G
I don't want no victory, I just want you back
Am C G
I don't want no victory, I just want you back
Em C G
I don't want no victory, I just want you back
Am C G D
I don't want no victory, I just want you back
C G D
Sometimes late at night I go the field
C
Is that where you are?
C G D
Are you a shooting star?
C
Can you say my name?
C G D
Darling can you hear me?
C G D
Tell me where's your heart now that it stopped beating?
C G D
It's right here, it's right here, it's right here
C G D
It's right here, it's right here, it's right here
C G
It's right here, it's right here, it's right here
G C G
And It will always be
