Chords for Marc Cohn, True Companion

_ _ _ _ _ I'm not sure if I can say that.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Maybe I'll tell the spike about _ _ it.
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Just that I _ _ remember writing this song in the back of a cab, _
going to meet [F#] my then girlfriend, _ _ who later did become my wife.
I [N] _ _ just _ wrote this song very quickly.
I just, _ um, _ _ _ not that long before I had written a record,
talking _ _ [G#] _ _
about my [N] marriage,
and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ somehow I'm like a man, _ _ _ _ _ _ thinking about my own. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] I'm trying to go to sleep, [G#] _ and _ _ [F#] _ _
nobody hears me.
_ _ This restaurant in Midtown, _ and this is 1984, _ _ _ [D#] 1985. _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ And I read the whole thing, really proud [A] that it was,
[A#m] I thought it was a good [F#] book.
_ _ And I _ [G] _
said, how about my [B] wife? _ _ _
[A#] And when I [C#] looked up, my girlfriend was weeping.
And I thought, wow, this really is about [N] life.
And _ she _ _ _ _ _ _ thought I was a pervert. _
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ See, I knew what she [N] was going to say. _ _ _ _ _
I had a feeling Thursday night would be more empathic to you guys. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] Right?
I was right.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#] Yeah, I mean, [D#] you can find that one in the [G] category.
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ I think _ _ you're close. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I'm going to say, _ actually I'm very proud to say that
we did a show a couple [C#] nights ago in New York City.
We did two nights in City Hall.
_ [D] _ _ _
And second night, _ I lost my voice.
That hasn't happened to me _ in like, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ maybe one show.
_ _ That particular night, coincidence or [B] not, you decide,
_ [D] _
both of my ex [C#]-wives were not happy. _
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_ _ It all seems so obvious. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[D#] _ Yeah, both of my [B] ex-wives and three of my four [A] children.
_ _ And I [E] couldn't say that it was [D] a _ _ [E] remarkable thing.
_ _ _ _ But anyway, I think both of my ex-wives are giving me my four greatest goals.
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Even though I need to sing this song as my honor that night,
I'll try to make it a few. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When you [A] have me _ searching [E] like a dead body
[A] _ _
_ _ [D] Can't [A] see anything different _ [E] about [E] myself _ _ _
_ [D] Sometimes [A] I'm an angel and [E] sometimes I'm [A] a crow
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When it [A] comes to love, I'm just _ another fool
_ I'll climb a _ mountain, _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] I'm the swimming _ [A] _ sea
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ Living [E] in white, [A] oh God, girl _
It's _ gonna [E] keep you [A]
safe from me
[D] _ _ [A] _
[F#] In my [F#] arms I'm preaching out
_ _ [Bm] Out _ [F#] _ _
[A] across this cave _ _ _
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[A] I'm asking you to be [E] my true _ companion
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_ [E] Be my true _ [A] companion
_ [D] _ So [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] don't you dare try to [E] walk [A] away
_ _ _ [D] _ [A] I got my heart on [E] my wallet
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I _ _ [A] got this vision of a [E] girl [A] in white
And I made my decision, it's [E] you, [A] oh
When _ [E] I take [A] you _ away
_ [D] _ Gonna _
[B] _ watch [E] my heart _ [A] _
sink
_ _ _ _ Gonna [E] take my trembling [A] _ fingers _
_ _ And _ _ [E] I'll lift up [A] your _ veil
[D] _ _
[A] And then I'm gonna [Bm] take you _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#] _ And I'm gonna [A] ride, [D] _ _
_ [A] ride the band [D] up _ _
Make love [A] to you just like a [E] true _ companion
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Just [A] _ _ _ like [E] a true _ [A] companion
_ [D] I _ [A] _
_ got [E] a true _ _ [A] companion
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Got [E] you _ _ _ _ _
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[A] When the years have done [E] read the book [A] now
_ _ [D] I _ [A] can see us walking [E] slowly out _
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Baby, [A] I think I'm not [E] gonna [A]
do
_ Cause girl, I will _ [E] always be in [A] love with you
[E] When I look in [A] your _ _ eyes
_ _ _ I still [E] wanna see _ [A] that smile
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_ [A] _ Till all the [E] _
[A] shadows _ fall
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Even [E] the moon's gone [A] _ _
dark
[D] _ _ [A] And you're gonna [Bm] leave me [F#m] sad _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ I'll be _
[A] bleeding _ sand _ _ _
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_ I [A] love you with my [E]
true _ _ companion
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_ [A] _ [E] Just for my true _ _ [A] companion
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_ [E] For my true _ _ [A]
companion
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For [E] my _ _ _ true, _ _ _ _ [D] my true _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Companion
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