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My Only Trouble by Joan Shelley
[Verse 1]
GOnce we stretched out so fair
My hand here, your mouth there
As the Cfog stepped Emaround us
There was Chay in your hair.
And the Gsalt of our skin 
Brined the clay there within
It was Cmine that would Emharden
And Cthen cease to bend.
[Chorus]
GWhen my only trouble
When my only trouble
CWhen my only Dtrouble
GIs you.
[Verse 2]
GNow I stand at the wood
Where the wind bends the pines
And the Cplace where you Emloved me
Wears the Cmark of our spines.
GBut when spring still shows
Brings the tulip and the rose
Well, Cthen no one will Empity
A Cgirl in the throes.
[Chorus]
GWhen my only trouble…
GNow I won't scorn the god
Who had thickened the fog,
He's Cthe one that brings thEme thunder
When Cthat's all I've got.
[Outro]
GWhen my only trouble…

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My Only Trouble

by Joan Shelley

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My Only Trouble by Joan Shelley

[Verse 1]

Once we stretched out so fair

My hand here, your mouth there

C Em

As the fog stepped around us

There was hay in your hair.

And the salt of our skin

Brined the clay there within

C Em

It was mine that would harden

And then cease to bend.

[Chorus]

When my only trouble

C D

When my only trouble

Is you.

[Verse 2]

Now I stand at the wood

Where the wind bends the pines

C Em

And the place where you loved me

Wears the mark of our spines.

But when spring still shows

Brings the tulip and the rose

C Em

Well, then no one will pity

A girl in the throes.

[Chorus]

When my only trouble…

Now I won't scorn the god

Who had thickened the fog,

C Em

He's the one that brings the thunder

When that's all I've got.

[Outro]

When my only trouble…

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