Chords for Keith Sykes "Gray Beard and Whiskers"

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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ I never knew [A] another like you.
[B] You always took good care [E] of me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Not so long ago, [A] you could run like the wind [B] while I napped [Abm] underneath the [E] tree. _
_ _ _ You'd chase a ball to [A] the end of the world, [B] and all I ever did [E] was throw. _ _ _
_ You'd bring it back [A] and drop it for [B] me, then beg me for another [E] go.
_ _ _ _ [Db] How could [E] there be _ _ [A] so much _ [Abm] _ _ [B] energy? _
_ _ _ [E] Stored up inside a [A] cold nose and quick stride, [B] a promise I won't [E] ever know.
_ One [A] day a gray [B] _ beard and [E] whiskers _ _ made the [A] young dog [B] _
disappear.
_ Now I'm [Eb] all _ [Ebm] teardrops and [E] whispers _ with [A] one [B] of us [E] not here. _
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ You never knew [Gb]
what I was up to, [B] those times I left you all [E] _ alone. _ _
But you would stay there [Gb] by your favorite chair and [B] was so glad when I came [E] back home.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ You never _ [E] knew _ _ [A] how to _ [Abm] be _ [B] untrue. _
_ _ _ [E] You made me see [Ebm] [A] what you were [E] to me [B] was the deepest love you've ever [E] known.
_ One [A] day a [B] gray beard and [E] _
whiskers _ [A] made the young [Abm] dog [B] disappear.
_ _ Now I'm [Dbm] all _
[Ebm] teardrops and [E] whispers _ since one of [A] us, _ _ _ _ [B] since one [Abm] of us [E] ain't here.
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