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Intro: Em, C, G, D (for how ever long you please)
GYou wrote letters to our Emfriends 
So that we could all Dpretend 
You were able to deCfend my Glove 
GComplex lines in verdigEmris 
I owe you and you owe Dme 
But I'm sure we won't Cagree, my Glove 
EmAnd all the Cwalls were Gfalling Ddown 
EmWhere all the Cwords you Gwrote were Dfound 
EmAnd all the Csilent Gspace Daround 
EmWas CsuddenGly aDlive 
(Little Instrumental Bit: Em, C, G, D blah, blah, blah... you get the idea)
(Same Chords as the other verses)
We took them as we took our leave 
Filling pockets, filling sleeves 
We were little more than thieves, my love 
And we read every single note 
And every thought and every quote 
I cried at every word you wrote, my love

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Iou

by Tom Milsom

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro: Em, C, G, D (for how ever long you please)

G Em

You wrote letters to our friends

So that we could all pretend

C G

You were able to defend my love

G Em

Complex lines in verdigris

I owe you and you owe me

C G

But I'm sure we won't agree, my love

Em C G D

And all the walls were falling down

Em C G D

Where all the words you wrote were found

Em C G D

And all the silent space around

Em C G D

Was suddenly alive

(Little Instrumental Bit: Em, C, G, D blah, blah, blah... you get the idea)

(Same Chords as the other verses)

We took them as we took our leave

Filling pockets, filling sleeves

We were little more than thieves, my love

And we read every single note

And every thought and every quote

I cried at every word you wrote, my love

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