Chords for Patricia Beysens; 'Throw It Away' music and lyrics; Abbey Lincoln

We're going to start with this here piece.
We're going to [G] start back with some of it. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] I think about the life I lived, the figure I made outplayed.
And [B] think [Gm] about the things I lost, the things I gave away.
And [G] when I'm in a certain mood, _ _ _ I wonder I found these magic words
in a magic _ book.
Throw it, you can throw it away.
Give your love, live your life each [Eb] and every day.
[G]
And keep your hands wide open and let the sun shine through.
Cause you can never lose a thing if it belongs to you.
There's a hand to rock the cradle.
There's a hand to help us stand.
With a gentle kind of motion as it moves across the land.
And a hand clenched and open, gifts of life and love it [Dm] brings.
So keep your hands wide [G] open if you're needing _ anything.
_ Throw it away, you can throw it away.
Give your love, live your life [Bb] each and every [G] day.
And keep your hands wide open and let the sun shine through.
Cause you can never lose a thing if it belongs to you.
There's a natural obligation to what we own and claim. _
Possessing and belonging to, acknowledging a name.
So keep your hands wide open if you're needing love today.
Cause you can't lose it even if you throw it all away.
_ Or throw it away, you can throw [Dm] it away.
[G] Give your love, live your life [Bb] each [G] and every day.
And keep your hands wide open and let the sun shine through.
Cause you can never lose a thing if it belongs to you.
Cause you can never lose a thing if it belongs to you.
Cause you can never lose a thing _ if it _ _ _ [Dm] belongs to _ _ you. _ _ _ _
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