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              Ingrid Michaelson - Once Was Love
Intro: C, F, C, G, C  
CDon't delay, something tells me I gotta gFo away
Maybe it's the way we aClways stay whGen our hearts have goneC  
CWe can't hold us anymore, no we've gFot to fold
Down to the floor, yes I knoCw it's cold but bGaby our hearts have goneC  
FJust because there once wGas love
Don't meAman a thing, don't mGean a thing
Just bFecause there once wGas love
Don't meaAmn a thing, don't mGean a thing
Just bFecause there once wGas love
Don't mAmean a thing, don't meaGn a thing
Just bFecause there onGce was loveC  
CI gotta see if I'm filled up when it's Fonly me
It's not your fault but you just Ccan't be here
GNow that my heart has gCone, now that my heart has gone
Now that my heart has gone
FJust because there once wGas love
Don't meAman a thing, don't meGan a thing
Just bFecause there onGce was love
Don't mAmean a thing, don't mGean a thing
Just bFecause there oncGe was love
Don't meAman a thing, don't mGean a thing
Just bFecause there onGce was loveF  Am  F  Am  
FEveryone is huAmrting now and evFerything is bAmurning down
But FI can build back mAmy new town toFday, tG#odayG...
Just bFecause there oncGe was love
Don't meAman a thing, don't mGean a thing
Just bFecause there oncGe was love
Don't meAman a thing, don't mGean a thing
Just bFecause there oncGe was love
Don't meAman a thing, don't mGean a thing
Just bFecause there oncGe was love
There once wAmas love, there once wGas love
There once Fwas love, there once Gwas love
There once Amwas love, there once Gwas love
There once Fwas love, there once Gwas love
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Once Was Love

by Ingrid Michaelson

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Ingrid Michaelson - Once Was Love

C F C G C

Intro: , , , ,

C F

Don't delay, something tells me I gotta go away

C G C

Maybe it's the way we always stay when our hearts have gone

C F

We can't hold us anymore, no we've got to fold

C G C

Down to the floor, yes I know it's cold but baby our hearts have gone

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G C

Just because there once was love

C F

I gotta see if I'm filled up when it's only me

It's not your fault but you just can't be here

G C

Now that my heart has gone, now that my heart has gone

Now that my heart has gone

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G F Am F Am

Just because there once was love

F Am F Am

Everyone is hurting now and everything is burning down

F Am F G# G

But I can build back my new town today, today...

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

F G

Just because there once was love

Am G

There once was love, there once was love

F G

There once was love, there once was love

Am G

There once was love, there once was love

F G

There once was love, there once was love

Hi Kate

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