Toby Chords by The Chi-Lites

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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] Oh, _ _ [Ab] I remember when we were kids.
_ We shared [Cm] all the hurt [Ab] [Eb] and [Bbm] _
[Eb] tears.
[Ab] No matter [Eb] what the weather.
[Ab] _ [Db] We were always together.
_ [Ab] Then we grew up and time went [Bbm] _
[Fm] on.
[Db] We [C] became _ [Ab] separated.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] When I went [Fm] off to [Db] school, [Ebm] my [Db] sweet Toby waited. _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ Was a sad day when Toby went away.
[Db] [Ab] Was a sad day when Toby [Db] went [Ab] away.
Sad, _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] sad.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] Home from spring vacation.
[Ab] Expected to [Cm] find my brother.
I'd be [Ab] waiting.
[Ebm] Called her [Gb] on her private phone.
[Ab] She didn't answer.
Something [Eb] was wrong.
[Db] I ran all the [C] _ [Ab] way to the bathroom.
_ [Gb] Her mother answered and told me [Db] to come and sit us down.
I sat down to try to be prepared [Ebm] for [Db] [Ab] what she'd say.
[Db] What she [Fm] said brought [Db] tears to my [Ebm] eyes.
[Ab] I couldn't push [Db] away.
[Ab] Toby left on a cloudy, _ [Db] rainy day.
_ [Ab] She went to sing with the angels.
Toby's gone [Db] away.
[Ab] It was a sad day.
[Db] It _ _ [Ab] was a sad day.
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] It was a sad day.
[Bbm] When [Fm] Toby went [Bbm] away.
[Ab] It was a sad day.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] Was a sad day when Toby went away.
[Db] [Ab] It was a sad, sad day, when Toby went away.
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