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DCrBmadlAing stones hold fire bright 
DAs BmcrAickets call out to the moonlight 
DAs BmyoAu lean in to steal a kiss
GI'All never need more than this 
DWe BmalAl share the pain of our histories 
DBuBmt tAhe ache goes away if you could see 
DThBmis Anight under stars, well, I call it peace
GIf Ayou say, I'll never need more than this 
F#mThe Gtrees grow so thick
DYoAu can barely see through 
F#mBut GthDe Aforest bestows the simplest of truths
F#mYou GthDinAk you'll be happy if granted one more wish 
GBuAt the truth is you'll never need more,
BmYouA'll never need more 
GYoAu'll never need more than this 
DWaBmnt so much in this life,
AThere's so much to be 
DWe BmsaAil through our youth so impatiently
GUnDtil we see 
BmThaDt Athe years move along 
GAnDd Gsoldiers and heroes come home 
DAnd they carry a song,
GDoDn'At live in forgotten
GTiBmmes, may this always remind
GYoDu Gof Dthe sea under the skies blue looking glass
GLeDt'As BmmakDe Athis our story, let's live in the glory 
GTiDme, it fades away,
GPrecious as a song 
ACause someday we'll be gone 
DCrBmadlAing stones hold fire bright 
DAs Bmwe Awatch the glow of the morning light 
DSoBmmedAay Gour bones here they will lie, and so we sing 
DAs GtDhe AyGeaDrs Gmove along and soldiers and heroes come home 
AAnd they carry a song 
GLeDt'As make this our story,
BmLetD's Alive in the glory 
GTiDme, it fades away,
GPrecious as a song 
DCause someday we'll be gone

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More Than This

by Vanessa Carlton

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F#m

D Bm A

Cradling stones hold fire bright

D Bm A

As crickets call out to the moonlight

D Bm A

As you lean in to steal a kiss

G A

I'll never need more than this

D Bm A

We all share the pain of our histories

D Bm A

But the ache goes away if you could see

D Bm A

This night under stars, well, I call it peace

G A

If you say, I'll never need more than this

F#m G

The trees grow so thick

D A

You can barely see through

F#m G D A

But the forest bestows the simplest of truths

F#m G D A

You think you'll be happy if granted one more wish

G A

But the truth is you'll never need more,

Bm A

You'll never need more

G A

You'll never need more than this

D Bm

Want so much in this life,

There's so much to be

D Bm A

We sail through our youth so impatiently

G D

Until we see

Bm D A

That the years move along

G D G

And soldiers and heroes come home

And they carry a song,

G D A

Don't live in forgotten

G Bm

Times, may this always remind

G D G D

You of the sea under the skies blue looking glass

G D A Bm D A

Let's make this our story, let's live in the glory

G D

Time, it fades away,

Precious as a song

Cause someday we'll be gone

D Bm A

Cradling stones hold fire bright

D Bm A

As we watch the glow of the morning light

D Bm A G

Someday our bones here they will lie, and so we sing

D G D A G D G

As the years move along and soldiers and heroes come home

And they carry a song

G D A

Let's make this our story,

Bm D A

Let's live in the glory

G D

Time, it fades away,

Precious as a song

Cause someday we'll be gone

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