Sweet Is The Melody Chords by Iris Dement

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_ _ _ Sweet [Bb] is the melody, [Cm] so [Ab] hard to come [Eb] by, so hard to make [Bb] every note bend just right.
[Eb] You lay down [Bb] the _ [Cm] hours and leave not [Ab] one _ [Eb] trace, but a tune for the dancing, [Bb] it's there in
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] its place.
_ [Eb] Well the dance [Bb] floor's for gliding and [Cm] not jumping [Ab] over ponies, [Eb] where roots and gold
bracelets [Bb] come and meet as they should.
[Eb] It's for _ [Bb] _
celebrating [Cm] a Friday [Ab] night romance, _ [Eb] forgetting the bad [C] stuff [Bb] and just feeling
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] good.
Oh, [Eb] sweet _ [Bb] is the melody, [Cm]
so [Ab] hard to come by, [Eb] it's so hard to [Cm] make [Bb] every note bend just right.
[Eb] You lay down [Bb] the _ [Cm] hours and leave not [Ab] one _ trace, [Eb] but a tune for the dancing, [Bb] it's there in [Eb] its place.
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] With arms [C] just in arms, till [Dm] it's wrapped [Bb] round your [F] shoulder, looped side by side,
they [C] go stepping out together.
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A note's just [C] a note till you [Dm] wake [Bb] from your slumber [F] and dare to discover the [C] new [F] melody. _
_ [C] Oh, _ [F] _ sweet [C] is the melody, [Dm] so _ [Bb] hard to come by, [F] it's so hard to make [C] every note bend just right.
[F] You lay down [C] the hours [Dm] and leave not [Bb] one _ trace, [F] but a tune for the dancing, [C] it's there in [F] its _ _ place.
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[F] Oh, sweet [C] is the melody, [Dm]
so [Bb] hard to come [F] by, it's so hard to make every [C] note bend just right.
[F] You lay [C] down the hours [Dm] and leave not [Bb] one trace, [F] but a tune for the dancing, [B] [C] it's there in [F] its _ _ place. _
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