Chords for Conor Oberst - You All Loved Him Once (Official Audio)

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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ You all loved him once, _ [G] and not [D] without cause.
[G] He fed you through [Bm] the winter, [Em] he led you through the [A] fog.
[Bm] You hid behind his [A] body to be [F#] sheltered from the [G] mob. _
[D] You all loved him once, _ [A] not without cause.
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You all loved him once, [G] when his glory was unmatched.
Your signal wind [Em] to celebrate was the bugle of his [A] laugh.
[Bm] But when it came time [A] to stand with him,
you scattered [G] with the rats.
_ [D] You all loved him once, _ but that time has passed.
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You [D] all loved him once, when the [G] future was [D] opaque.
His [Bm] reassuring visions [Em] were the pillars [A] of your faith.
[Bm] Through a thousand [A] false horizons,
[F#m] he could always fly straight.
_ [D] You all loved him once, [A]
that [D] turned to hate.
_ You all loved him once, [G] and uncommon [D] love at that.
[G] What you saw [Bm] as a pedestal [Em] was his [A] elevated path.
[Bm] So to satisfy the Philistines, [F#m] you stabbed [G] him in the back.
_ [D] You all loved him once.
[A] _ [D] Imagine that. _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ You all loved him once.
_ [G] You ate out of [D] his hand.
[G] He mirrored your [Bm] confusion so that you might [A] understand.
[Bm] When your soul was in [A] experiment, [F#] he drew a [G] diagram.
_ [D] You all loved him once.
[A] It ended [D] bad. _
You all loved him once, _ _ [G] and not without [D] cause.
[G] He helped carry [Bm] your baggage [Em] when your strength was nearly [A] gone.
[Bm] Though more and more [A] was put on him,
[F#m] you tried his best to [G] take it on.
You [D] all loved him [A] once, [D] not without cause.
You all loved him once.
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Now he is gone.
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