Chords for Elbow August & September

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Suddenly last summer I _ _ _ started going out of my head
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In a tiny hotel room _ _ _ _ _ Lying naked on a bed
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_ [Am] [A] I knew what [D] you were doing [Bb] And I knew what [F] you'd done
[A] Your [F] life with me [Bb] was ending Your new life had [C] begun
I [A] was cursing [D] your name And [F] _ _
I [A] was [F] cursing [Bb] that room
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And I [A] was praying [D] for the strength To _ _ [Fm] _ _
[A] stop [F] loving [Bb] _
you
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[F] I started writing [Dm] you a letter [F] Which turned into the book
That gonna reach [Dm] across the oceans [Bb] And force you [F] to look _
_ [Am] What kind [Dm] of man [Bb] was _ [F] I Who [Am] could sacrifice [Dm] your happiness
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_ _ [C] satisfy [Dm] my pride?
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_ [Am] [C] What kind [Dm] of man [Bb] was _ [F] I Who [Am] could [C] delay [Dm] your destiny
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_ [Am] [C] pieces [Dm] turning mine?
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Then you [C] came back to [D] me I [G] went down on [F] one knee
With a [C] glint in [Dm] my eyes And a rose between [F] my teeth
And [Am] I [C] pushed down [Dm] that tongue _ [Bb] For you [F] to see
That [A] I've been [C] dying of [Dm] _
thirst [Bb] For your [F] company
[Am] You quenched my [Dm] loneliness _ [Bb] _ With [F] your tears
And [Am] our clothes fell [Bb] away As we rolled back [F] the years
[Am] You [C] couldn't [Dm] deny it [Bb] You _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] [F] could not [Bb] admit it
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_ [Am] Was our love [D] too strong to die?
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Or we were just [Bb] too weak to kill it?
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_ [Dm] Was our love too strong to [C] [Bb] die? _ _ _ _
[F] Or were we just too weak to kill [Bb] it? _ _ _ _
[F] _ Was our love too strong to die?
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[F] Or were we just too weak to kill it? _ _ _
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