Chords for We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea

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[F#] _ _ _ [Gm] You're beautiful, [D] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
that's what we want. _ _ _ _ _
Okay, _ I wrote this song, _ this [C#] is I think the oldest song I have that made it onto a [D] CD,
a record. _
[C] And when I wrote it [Bm] first it was about 12 minutes long, [N] I thought that was great.
_ _ _ And it's every songwriter's right to write a song as long as he wants it to be, or she. _
_ But you know, it's the listener's right to not have to listen to 12 minutes of music.
_ And I was told that the very first time I played it.
_ _ _ _ [F#] Which actually cut my heart in two, _ and the song in three.
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_ _ _ Okay, we didn't mean to go to sleep. _
[N] _ Shall I?
Can I?
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_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Along the quayside, [Bm] _ [B] you were _ alive
_ [D] _ And I, a reflection, lay [B] across the river and the night _ _
[D] _ You were transfixed on me [B] and I was _ _ _ mesmerized
[G] And names were [D] whispered to [A] and [C#m] by _ [A] you [D] _ and _
_ _ [A] I
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_ _ [F#m] _ [A] The tides began to steal [Bm] away from morning light _
[A] _ _ [D] As night receded, river [Bm] walls seemed to grow high
[F#m] _
_ [D] Then you climbed down to my [Bm] arms and closed your _ [G] eyes
When we awoke, _ _ we had been drifting _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [G] We [Em]
didn't [A] mean to go to sleep _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ We [G] didn't mean to drift away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] We never [B] _ planned to up and _ leave
_ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ But soon [G] the sea took us away _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ We saw no [A] lands on the _ _ horizon
_ _ _ _ _ [G] No distant shores along the fray _ _
_ _ _ [A] Yet [B] all the more we found _ _ _ [Bm]
ourselves
_ _ _ [G] When we got lost at sea that day _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ Timbers creaked, all [Bm] else was quiet and relieved
_ [D] Except _ the infant waves that licked [Bm] and lapped along the _ eaves
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ It had to [F#m] go on, or else our [Bm] truth had been believed
_ [G] _ _ Beyond all lies and _ [C#] jealousy
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_ _ _ [D] We sailed high, half [B]-mast, due north [Bm] towards the edge
_ [D] Of our dreams' [A] grateful borders
[D] That [Bm] marched our speed to [B] sail ahead
[D] The afternoon was bleeding to death
[Bm] And soon the sky was racing red
To [G] see the stars remove their hats out of [Em] respect
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ We _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ didn't [E] mean to go to [A] sleep _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ We [G] didn't mean to drift away _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] We [B] never planned to up and _ leave _ _
_ _ [C#] _ But [G] soon the sea took us away _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ We saw no lands on the [D] _ _ horizon _ _ _
_ [A] _ No [G] distant _ shores along the _ _ _ _ _ _ fray
[B] Yet all the more we _ found ourselves _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] When we got lost at sea that day _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] That _ day _
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