The Loveliest Thing

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"Loveliest Thing" (Capo: 3rd. fret)
____Verse: 1
E G#m7 C#m7 A E/G#
To me you are the loveliest thing I've seen all day
F#m7 B7 E G#m7 F#m7 B7 E
You can't take that away, no, you can't take that away
E G#m7 C#m7 A E/G#
All my life, I wondered why it couldn't be this way
F#m7 B7 E G#m7 F#m7 B7 E
That was up until today, oh, it had to be this way
____Bridge: 1
Em7 Gmaj7 C6 Am D D7/F#
Today,________wait until the morning comes_________
G B7
before you slip away,
Em D6 Cmaj7 Em D6 Cmaj7
without permission, without suspicion,
Em D6 Cmaj7 B7
without permission gi___ven
____Verse: 2
E G#m7 C#m7 A E/G#
You seem to have a friendlier smile than all the rest
F#m7 B7 E G#m7 F#m7 B7 E
Well I looked and you were best, yeah, I've looked at all the rest
E G#m7 C#m7 A E/G#
Can't imagine passionate words that I would say
F#m7 B7 E G#m7 F#m7 B7 E
If on__ly you would stay, oh, you know you gotta stay
____Bridge: 2
Em7 Gmaj7 C6 Am D D7/F#
Today,________wait until the morning comes_________
G B7
before you slip away,
Em D6 Cmaj7 Em D6 Cmaj7
Without permission, abo__ve suspicion,
Em D6 Cmaj7 B7
without permission gi___ven
____Middle Eight:
Cmaj7 D6
You used to be an early bird
Em Fmaj7
But how was I to know
Em Gmaj7 D6
you would leave without shedding a tear_____
Cmaj7 D6
I only want to love you
Em Fmaj7 F#m7 B7
I'll make a wish and suddenly I'm glad that I have you here_____
F#m7 B7
Oh, I'm glad I have you here_____
Em7
____Guitar solo: today_____
Gmaj7 C6 Am D D7/F# G B7
Em D6 Cmaj7
Em D6 Cmaj7
Em D6 Cmaj7 B7
____Verse: 1 (Repeated)
E G#m7 C#m7 A E/G#
To me you are the loveliest thing I've seen all day
F#m7 B7 E G#m7 F#m7 B7 E
You can't take that away, no, you can't take that away
E G#m7 C#m7 A E/G#
All my life, I wondered why it couldn't be this way
F#m7 B7 E G#m7 F#m7 B7 E
That was up until today, yeah, it had to be this way
____Bridge: 3
Em7 Gmaj7 C6 Am D D7/F#
Today,________wait until the morning comes_________
G B7
before you slip away,
Em7 Gmaj7 C6 Am D D7/F#
Today,________Ohh___________________
G B7
before you slip away,
____Coda:
Em D6 Cmaj7 Em D6 Cmaj7
Without permission, abo__ve suspicion,
Em D6 Cmaj7 B7
without permission gi___ven to ya'
Em B7 E
Uhh__uh-uh-uh-uh______mmm_____

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"Loveliest Thing" (Capo: 3rd. fret)
____Verse: 1
____Bridge: 1
____Verse: 2
____Bridge: 2
____Middle Eight:
 Gmaj7  C6  Am  D  D7/F#  G  B7  
 Em  D6  Cmaj7  
 Em  D6  Cmaj7
 Em  D6  Cmaj7  B7
____Verse: 1 (Repeated)
____Bridge: 3
____Coda:

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