Chords for Mary Black - The Loving Time

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_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
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[G#] _ [C#] It _ _ reads [Fm] like a fairy tale, _ [F#] _ _ that's what it was.
_ _ [C#] _ Young man [G#] in his prime, _ [F#] _ [D#m] young girl from [F#] across.
The [C#] _ most perfect of [G#]
strangers, _ _ [F#] _ and then the [A#m] night closed in.
_ And [C#] the _ [Fm] holy ground [G#] took [F#] care of everything. _ _
_ _ [C#] _ Now she was [G#] a fine one, _ [F#] and he was a handsome man.
_ [A#m] _ [C#] One look was [G#]
enough, _ _ [F#] _ and away they ran.
_ _ [C#] They spent many [G#] happy hours, _ [F#] and then the night closed in.
_ _ [C#] And the _ _ [G#] holy ground took [F#] care of everything. _ _
_ _ [D#] Oh, _ what's [G#] the use _ in [C#] complaining? _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ In [G#] for a penny, in for [A#m] a pound. _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [G#] I had _ _ [C#] a loving time, [A#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ and nothing [G#]
else really [C#] counts.
[G#] _ _ [A#m]
And I recall [G#] the promise they made, [C#] with a faith I can but [F#] admire.
_ _ [A#]
That [A#m] she'd be the one [G#] he adored, [F#] and he'd be her [G#] heart's desire. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ It didn't come [G#] true in the end, _ [F#] they went their separate ways.
_ _ [C#] He couldn't change what [G#] he was, she _ [F#] _ wasn't ready to wait.
_ _ _ [C#] They couldn't live in the [G#] daylight, _ _ _ [F#] they let the night close in.
_ _ [C#] And the _ holy [G#]
ground took [F#] care of everything. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] They couldn't live in the [G#] daylight, _ _ _ [F#] they let the night close in.
And [C#] the _ holy [G#] ground _ took care [F#] of everything. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] They couldn't live in the [G#] daylight, _ _ _ [F#] they let the night close in.
_ _ [C#] And the holy [G#] ground _ took care [F#] of everything. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ I _ [G#]
remember _ [C#] the loving [Cm] time, _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ and nothing [G#]
else _ [C#] really counts. _ _
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