Chords for Kiri's Piano

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Of all of _ Kirito's [B] joys, [C#m] _
the [F#] thing she [A] loved the best
[Em] Was to play her [D#] prized [C#m] piano _ _ [F#] when the sun had gone to [A] rest.
_ _ [E] I used to hear the notes drift [B] down [C#] _
along [F#] the [A] silent water
[E] As [B] Kiri played [C#m] the notes and scales [F#] for her dear [A] sons and daughters. _ _
[E] _ _ Now Mia played _ piano, [B] _ [C#] _ not [F#] as good [A] as Kiri.
_ [E] _ She went [B] in [C#m] for that long-haired stuff, [F#] but my, she played it [A] pretty. _
_ [E] _ The old piano had a [B] tone [C#m] that set my heart [F#m] to [A] waking. _
_ [E] _ It [B] always [C#m] sounded sweetest, [F#] though, when it was Kiri [A] playing.
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] In [E] December, when the Seventh Fleet _ [C#m] was turned to [F#] smoke and [A] ashes,
_ _ [E] _ The order came [C#m] to _ confiscate [F#] their fishing boats [A] and caches.
_ [E] _ And [B]
Kiri's [E] husband forced to [B] go [C#m] and work in [F#]
labor [A] camps.
_ _ [E] And [D#] Kiri left [C#m] alone to [F#] fend and hold the fort [A] as best she can. _ _ _
But the music [E] did not drift as [B] often [C#] from up [F#] the [A] cove at Kiri's house.
[E] And [B] when it did, [C#m] it sounded [E]
haunted, [F#] _ played with worry, [A] played with doubt.
_ _ _ _ [E] For [B] Kiri knew [E] that soon she [B] too [C#] would be [F#] compelled [A] to leave.
_ _ [E] And the old [B]
upright would stay [C#] _ [E] behind, and [F#] Kiri, she [A] would _ grieve. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] I [B] loaded Kiri [E] on the [B] bus [C#m] with stoic _ [F#] _ [A] internees. _
[E] _ The [B] crime that they [C#m] were guilty of was [F#] that they were not [A] like me. _
_ [E] And [B] if I was [E] ashamed, I [B] [C#m] didn't know it at the [A] time. _ _
[E] They were [B] flotsam on [C#m] the wave of war.
[F#] They were no friends [A] of mine.
And _ _ [E] _ I went up to Kiri's [B] house [C#m] to [F#] tag [A] all their [E] belongings.
_ [B] And sent them out [C#m] for _ auctioneers [F#] who'd claim them in [A] the morning.
_ [E] _ [B] One piece [E] that I thought I'd [B] keep [C#m] and hold [F#] back [A] for myself
[E] Was that [B] haunting [C#] ivory upright [B] _ [F#] that Kiri played [A] so [E] well. _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [B] Kiri had [E] not left it [B] there [C#] for me [F#] to [A] take as plunder. _
_ [E] _ [B] She'd rolled it [C#m] down onto the dock [F#] and on into [A] the harbor. _
_ [E] The old upright in the stranger's [B] hands [C#m] was a thought she [F#] couldn't [A] bear. _
_ [E] So [B] she [C#] consigned it to the sea [F#] to settle the [A] affair. _
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_ _ _ _ [E] So many [B] years [E] have come and gone [B] _ [C#] _
since [F#] [A] Kiri's _ relocation.
[E] I [B] look back now [C#] upon that [B] time [F#] with shame and [A] resignation.
_ _ [E] For [D#m] Kiri [E] knew what I did [B] not, [C#m] that if we must be [A] free,
_ [E] Then sometimes [B] we [C#m] must sacrifice [F#] to gain our [A] dignity. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Yes, Kiri knew what I did not, [B] [C#m] that if we [F#] must be [A]
free,
_ [E] Then [B] sometimes we [C#m] must [E] sacrifice [F#] to gain our [A] dignity.
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