written by Richard Thompson and Timm Finn
Intro: C Cmaj9 F Fmaj7 |G C Em Fmaj7
C Cmaj9 F Fmaj7 |G C Em Fmaj7
You and I, tempted by the promise of a different life
C Cmaj9 F Fmaj7 |G C Em7 F
Time has fled, there's a constant battle Running through my head
Fmaj7 |G C Em Fmaj7
I don't know what to do 'cos I still believe
chorus
Dm7 G6 C
After all the foolish things you put me through
Dm7 G6 C
I could always make a start on something new
F G6 Am
And I've always been a man who's open to
Am Cmaj9 G
Pers -uas -ion
intro
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C Cmaj9 F Fmaj7 G C Em Fmaj7
Blind ro - mance, there'll be no half measures given half a chance
C Cmaj9 F Fmaj7 G C Em7 F
But we never learn, trusting in the fire while the cruel flame burns
Fmaj7 G C Em Fmaj7
And we need to rebuild what was never there
Dm7 |G
What got left behind
chorus
C Em G Fmaj7 C G
And it's written in my heart so that everybody can see it
C Em G Fmaj7 C G
And it's written in my soul, after all I still believe it
Fmaj7 C G
I still believe it, X4
chorus
Am Cmaj9 G
Persuasion, x4
Fmaj7 C G
I still believe it
I still believe it persuasion
I still believe it, still believe it
I still believe it persuasion, persuasion
