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GHave I ever Cmaj7lost your waGy?
Have I ever lCmaj7eft you waylGaid?
Have I ever cCmaj7ome unstGayed?
CWhy would I nowG?
There were times EmI loathed your Gname
There were times EmI laid on blGame
There were times EmI brought on shaGme
CWhy would I noGw?
But I will never Dbe your fCamiliar soGul
and I will never Dsee your Cinterior wGhole
But have I ever Emstood back Cand watcheGd you fall?
CDitched your cGall? CCut you, beGen Daround?
Why would I nowG?
Have I ever Cmaj7steered you wronGg?
Have I ever Cmaj7strung you alongG?
Have I ever kCmaj7ept you long?G  
Why wouCld I nowG?
There were times IEm'd go throuGgh the walls
There were times I Embroke througGh it all
There were times iEmt felt so haGrd,
Why woCuld I noGw?
But I will never Dbe your fCamiliar soGul
and I will never Dsee your Cinterior wGhole
But have I ever Emstood back Cand watcheGd you fall?
CDitched your cGall? CCut you, beGen Daround?
Why would I nowG?
BmThough the yeaCrs they may uGnbraid you
BmHow it alCl nearly Gunmade you, Dlayin' down
Why would it nowG?
Remember when iCmaj7t all went dGark
Remember when iCmaj7t first ran Gapart
Remember how I Cmaj7held my Gmark
So wCouldn't I nGow?
But I will never Dbe your fCamiliar soGul
and I will never Dsee your Cinterior wGhole
But have I ever Emstood back Cand watcheGd you fall?
CDitched your cGall? CCut you, beGen Daround?
Why would I nowG?

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Why Would I Now

by The Decemberists

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Cmaj7

G Cmaj7 G

Have I ever lost your way?

Cmaj7 G

Have I ever left you waylaid?

Cmaj7 G

Have I ever come unstayed?

C G

Why would I now?

Em G

There were times I loathed your name

Em G

There were times I laid on blame

Em G

There were times I brought on shame

C G

Why would I now?

D C G

But I will never be your familiar soul

D C G

and I will never see your interior whole

Em C G

But have I ever stood back and watched you fall?

C G C G D

Ditched your call? Cut you, been around?

Why would I now?

Cmaj7 G

Have I ever steered you wrong?

Cmaj7 G

Have I ever strung you along?

Cmaj7 G

Have I ever kept you long?

C G

Why would I now?

Em G

There were times I'd go through the walls

Em G

There were times I broke through it all

Em G

There were times it felt so hard,

C G

Why would I now?

D C G

But I will never be your familiar soul

D C G

and I will never see your interior whole

Em C G

But have I ever stood back and watched you fall?

C G C G D

Ditched your call? Cut you, been around?

Why would I now?

Bm C G

Though the years they may unbraid you

Bm C G D

How it all nearly unmade you, layin' down

Why would it now?

Cmaj7 G

Remember when it all went dark

Cmaj7 G

Remember when it first ran apart

Cmaj7 G

Remember how I held my mark

C G

So wouldn't I now?

D C G

But I will never be your familiar soul

D C G

and I will never see your interior whole

Em C G

But have I ever stood back and watched you fall?

C G C G D

Ditched your call? Cut you, been around?

Why would I now?

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