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Someone I Used To Love

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Someone I Used to Love
by Bruce Cockburn
Capo on 2
Standard Tuning
Fingerpicking througout
I use barred C's & G's but it sounds
fine with all open chords
[Intro]
G C G
[Verse 1]
All the Gdays we've Cbeen toGgether
All the Gdays we've Cbeen a Gpart
Add up Amto a bunch of noCthing
If I'm Gnot still Cin your Gheart
I Dnever want you to Cbe
Just a Dpage in my histoCryD  C  
SomeDone I used to Glove
[Verse 2]
Your Gvoice breathed Cin my Gear
Or Gon the CteleGphone
All the Amtender things we've Cwhispered
To Gkeep from Cfeeling aGlone
May they Dnever come to Cbe
Just Dcold gems set in memoCryD  C  
Of someDone I used to Glove
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
This Gcurrent Cflows beGtween us
That Gwill not Cbe deGnied
You Amdraw me in toCwards you
Like the Gmoon pulls Cat the Gtide
May no Dshadow ever Cfall
That will Dmake me have to CcallD  C  
You someDone I used to GloveC  G  G  C  G  

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Someone I Used To Love

by Jimmy Buffett

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Someone I Used to Love

by Bruce Cockburn

Capo on 2

Standard Tuning

Fingerpicking througout

I use barred C's & G's but it sounds

fine with all open chords

[Intro]

G C G

[Verse 1]

G C G

All the days we've been together

G C G

All the days we've been a part

Am C

Add up to a bunch of nothing

G C G

If I'm not still in your heart

D C

I never want you to be

D C D C

Just a page in my history

D G

Someone I used to love

[Verse 2]

G C G

Your voice breathed in my ear

G C G

Or on the telephone

Am C

All the tender things we've whispered

G C G

To keep from feeling alone

D C

May they never come to be

D C D C

Just cold gems set in memory

D G

Of someone I used to love

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

G C G

This current flows between us

G C G

That will not be denied

Am C

You draw me in towards you

G C G

Like the moon pulls at the tide

D C

May no shadow ever fall

D C D C

That will make me have to call

D G C G G C G

You someone I used to love

About Someone I Used To Love Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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