The Ring Chords by Abie Rotenberg

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For more than 40 _ years [Bbm] our lives were _ _ intertwined
[Eb] And that is why what happened _ [Ab] always lingers in [E]
my [C] mind
[Fm] On the day we were engaged, _ _ [Bbm] the ring that I received
_ [C] Had a diamond [Fm] far more beautiful _ [C] than any jewel [Fm] I'd _ seen _
_ _ [C] Your parents said that I deserved [Fm] the most they could provide
_ _ [C] But little did I know how [Fm] this would quickly _ change our lives
With [Eb] the wedding just [Ab] behind us, a week of [Eb]
music, [Ab] dance and song
[Bbm] I looked down at [Fm] my hand and found [C] my _ diamond ring [Fm]
was gone _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Your parents did not take it well, _ [Bbm] found it quite hard to accept
_ [Eb] We searched in every corner [Ab] of each room in which [Bb] we [C] stepped
[Fm] How careless could I be [Bbm] to lose their priceless gift?
_ [C] And _ slowly but [Fm] still visibly _ [C] our ties [Fm] began to drift _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Months later we were _ walking [Fm] in a chill quite cold for spring
When [C] from deep in your coat's pocket _ [Fm] you pulled out my diamond ring
Look [Eb] what I found!
[Ab] You cried out, [Eb] my dear you did [Ab] no wrong
_ [Bbm] I'm so foolish and [Fm] _ forgetful, [C] it was my fault [Fm] all _ along _
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_ [C] You [Fm] were teased for quite a while, [Bbm] were the source of many laughs
_ But [Eb] years flew by and it _ became [Ab] a [Bb] story [C] from the past
[Fm] Then I wished you were still _ here [Bbm] to see our children grow
And [C] to comfort _ [Fm] my unyielding ache [C]
of facing [Fm] life _ alone
_ _ _ One [C] morning I'd arranged _ [Fm] to clean out some old _ things
[C] When in my old valise I found [Fm] a dusty diamond ring
_ [Eb] I felt my [Ab] body _ tremble [Eb]
as I viewed the [Ab] stone and bent _
[Bbm] It was a [Fm] perfect copy [C] of the ring worn on my [F] _
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_ _ _ Now not a day goes _ by [Bbm] that I'm not thinking of
_ _ [Eb] The life we shared together _ [Ab] and your [Bb] sweet and [C] boundless _ love
[Fm] Not _ only was I blessed by [Bbm] the kindness you had shown
[C] If what I'd lost [Fm] had not been found [C] I never would [Fm] have _ _ known
_ _ _ [Bbm] If what I'd lost had [Fm] not been _ found _ _ _ [C] I _ never _ _ _ would _ have [Fm] known
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