Blossom Dearie-The Ballad of the Shape of Things Chords

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[Ab] [Eb] There [Ab] it is.
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[C] Yes, _ [A] my true [Bb] love gave [Eb] to me. _ _
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Completely square is the velvet box he [A] said my [Bb] ring would be in.
Completely square [Eb] is the envelope [F] he wrote farewell [Bb] to [Ab] me in.
[G] Completely [C]
[Eb] square is the [Bb] handkerchief [Eb] I [G] flourish _
[Bb] constantly.
_ _ As it dries [Eb] my eyes of the tears I've shed,
And blows my nose till it [F] turns [Eb] bright red.
For a [Bb] perfect [Eb] square is my [Abm] true [Gm] love's head.
[Eb] He will [Bb] not [G] marry [C] me.
_ No, [F] he will [Ab] not marry [Eb] me. _ _ _
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Rectangular was the hotel [Ab] room my true [A] love tried [Bb] to sneak through.
_ Rectangular [Eb] was the transom [F] over which I had to [Bb] peek through.
_ [G] _ [C] Rectangular [Eb] was the [Bb] hotel [Eb] room I [G] entered _ [Bb] angrily.
_ _ [Eb] Now rectangular is the wooden box where lies my love neath the grazing flocks.
They said he died of the [Db] chicken [C] pox.
_ [F] In part [Bb] I [G] must agree, _ [C] _
_ _ [A] one chick [Bb] too many [Eb] had he. _ _
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_ Triangular is the piece of [Ab] pie I eat [A] to ease [Bb] my sorrow. _
Triangular [Eb] is the hatchet blade [F] I plan to [Bb] hide tomorrow.
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Triangular the [Eb] [Bb] relationship [Eb] that [G] now has ceased to [Bb] _ [Fm] be. _
[Eb] And the [Bb] selfsame [Eb] shape is a garment thin that fastens on with a safety pin.
To a [Bb] prize I [Eb] had no wish to [Gm] win. _
_ [Eb] It's a [Ab] lasting [G] memory _ _ [C] _ _
that [F] my true [Ab] love [Bb] gave [Ab] to me. _
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