If I Were Brave Chords by Shawn Colvin

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_ [F] All the [C] happy couples on their way [Dm] to New [C]
[F] Orleans
[G] Reminding me of when [C] we got along
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And they're only renting [C] time [D] and space to fill up [C] with their dreams
[F] And dreams are [G] what they'll [C] have when they have gone
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Or could it be that I was [C] born [Dm] without a clue to [Cm] carry on
[F] And still it is [G] the same now I [C] am older
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Armed with just [C] a will and then this [Dm] love [C] for singing [G] songs
[F] And [G] minding less and less if I [C] am colder
[F] But I have this [C] funny ache [F] and it's burning in my [C] chest
[F] And it spreads [G] just like a fire [C] inside my body
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Is it something God [C] left out [F] in my spirit or [C] my flesh?
Would I [F] be saved if I were [G] brave and had [C] a baby?
[F] _ _ It was never clear what would [C] come next but [G] that's the risk and [C] that's the test
[F] And you were the [G] only one [C] so far to follow
[F] _ _ No one [C] talks about [Dm] when one might stop [Cm] and need to rest
[F] Or how [G] long you sit alone before you [F] stop looking [G] back
Like [F] you're waiting for [G] good-bye [F] and then you pick your [G] sorry ass up off the street
And [C] go _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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what the hell [C] is this?
[F] Who made this [C] bloody mess?
[F] And someone [G] always answers [C] like a martyr
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Is it something you [C] should know?
[F] Did you never do [C] your best?
[F] Would you be saved if [G] you were brave and [C] just tried harder? _
[F] _ _ _ So now I ride [C] the yacht [G] 135, 10 New [C] Orleans
[F] I float a [G] mile above [C] life's toil and trouble
_ [F] _ _ A thousand lonely [C] lifetimes I [G] still wait and then [C] go on
[F] A clown [G] to entertain the [C] happy couple
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