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Imaginary Tea

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Such a beautiful song. Tried finding a tab but had no luck so tried my own :)
I first heard this song being covered by Travis Atreo, if you haven't listened to his covers then I 
strongly recommend you do!
To play along with that version either transpose up 2 or place capo on 2
I tried my best to make it sound similar but with the piano it's quite hard. 
Imaginary Tea
Standard tuning
No capo
[Intro]
C  Am  G
C  Am  G
F  Am  G
F  G   C
[Verse 1]
I loCve you Ammore than you will Gever know
I loCve you no Ammatter what you dGo
I’m gonna hFold you as lAmong as you will leGt me
‘Cause you’re miFne, I loGve youC  
[Verse 2]
I lovCed you befAmore I ever hGeard your voice
BeforCe I Ameven knew your naGme
I loFved you beAmfore I saw those pGretty eyes
I loFved you rGight awayC  
[Chorus]
So tCake it sDmlowF  
Before you kGnow it, you’ll be oCld and gDmrownF  
Just remGember that I’m aAmlways hDmere
HaAmnds you can hDmold on Gto
  GAnd I love you
[Interlude]
C   Am   G
C   Am   G
[Verse 3]
Don’t woCrry what aAmnybody eGlse will say
Don’t huCrry to bAmreak that precious Gheart
When you Ftry to be lAmike somebody eGlse
Remember I lFove you the wGay you areC  
[Chorus]
So tCake it sDmlowF  
Before you Gknow it, you’re gonna be oCld and gDmrownF  
Just remGember that I’m aAmlways hDmere
HAmands you can Dmhold on Gto
  GAnd I love you
[Interlude]
C  Am  G
C  Am  G
[Middle 8]
So let’s cFlimb every treeAm  
And drink imFaginary teaAm  
And speak a lFanguage only Amwe can understaGnd
And I will fFight back the tearsAm  
As we fFly through the yearsAm  
And I’ll kFeep you as cAmlose as I cGan
[Outro]
I lovCe you Ammore than you will Gever know
I lovCe you no Ammatter what you Gdo
And I’m gonna hFold you as lAmong as you will lGet me
‘Cause you’re Fmine, I lGove youC  

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Imaginary Tea

by Jon McLaughlin

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Such a beautiful song. Tried finding a tab but had no luck so tried my own :)

I first heard this song being covered by Travis Atreo, if you haven't listened to his covers then I

strongly recommend you do!

To play along with that version either transpose up 2 or place capo on 2

I tried my best to make it sound similar but with the piano it's quite hard.

Imaginary Tea

Standard tuning

No capo

[Intro]

C Am G

F Am G

F G C

[Verse 1]

C Am G

I love you more than you will ever know

C Am G

I love you no matter what you do

F Am G

I’m gonna hold you as long as you will let me

F G C

‘Cause you’re mine, I love you

[Verse 2]

C Am G

I loved you before I ever heard your voice

C Am G

Before I even knew your name

F Am G

I loved you before I saw those pretty eyes

F G C

I loved you right away

[Chorus]

C Dm F

So take it slow

G C Dm F

Before you know it, you’ll be old and grown

G Am Dm

Just remember that I’m always here

Am Dm G

Hands you can hold on to

And I love you

[Interlude]

C Am G

[Verse 3]

C Am G

Don’t worry what anybody else will say

C Am G

Don’t hurry to break that precious heart

F Am G

When you try to be like somebody else

F G C

Remember I love you the way you are

[Chorus]

C Dm F

So take it slow

G C Dm F

Before you know it, you’re gonna be old and grown

G Am Dm

Just remember that I’m always here

Am Dm G

Hands you can hold on to

And I love you

[Interlude]

C Am G

[Middle 8]

F Am

So let’s climb every tree

F Am

And drink imaginary tea

F Am G

And speak a language only we can understand

F Am

And I will fight back the tears

F Am

As we fly through the years

F Am G

And I’ll keep you as close as I can

[Outro]

C Am G

I love you more than you will ever know

C Am G

I love you no matter what you do

F Am G

And I’m gonna hold you as long as you will let me

F G C

‘Cause you’re mine, I love you

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