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As The Dawn Breaks

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     Amaj7X02120
  Bbmaj7/AX03231
      C#m7X46454
     Bm7/AX04232
     Bm7b5X2323X
[Intro]            
Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A  Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A  Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A
[Verse]
As the Amaj7dawn breaks
Over C#mroof slates
Hope Bm7/Ahung on every washing lBbmaj7/Aine
Does your Amaj7heart aches 
Over C#m7life's fate 
I Bm7/Aknow we never had much Bbmaj7/AtimeBm7b5  
For us to Amaj7give 
But we C#m7did  
There’s Bm7/Asomething in those deep blue Bbmaj7/AeyesBm7b5  
[Chorus]
As the Alight Bm7creeps C#m7ov-er the Bm7houses
And the Aslates Bm7are C#m7darked by the Bm7rain
In this Amor-Bm7ning C#m7search for Bm7meaning
I hear a Bbmaj7/Asongbird's Bm7b5mel    -o  -Amaj7dy
I hear a Asong-Bm7bird's C#m7mel-o-Bm7dy
And she's Bbmaj7/Asinging  Bm7b5just for Amaj7me
[Bridge]
Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A
[Chorus]
As the Alight Bm7creeps C#m7ov-er the Bm7houses
And the Aslates Bm7are C#m7darked by the Bm7rain
In this Amor-Bm7ning C#m7search for Bm7meaning
I hear a Bbmaj7/Asongbird's Bm7b5mel    -o  -Amaj7dy
I hear a Asong-Bm7bird's C#m7mel-o-Bm7dy
And she’s Bbmaj7/Asinging  Bm7b5just     Amaj7for   me
Oh, she's Asing-Bm7ing C#m7just for Bm7me 
A simple Amaj7songbird's Bbmaj7/Ame   -lo  -Amaj7dy

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As The Dawn Breaks

by Richard Hawley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Amaj7

Bbmaj7/A

C#m7

Bm7/A

Bm7b5

C#m

Bm7

Amaj7

X02120

Bbmaj7/A

X03231

C#m7

X46454

Bm7/A

X04232

Bm7b5

X2323X

[Intro]

Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A

[Verse]

Amaj7

As the dawn breaks

C#m

Over roof slates

Bm7/A Bbmaj7/A

Hope hung on every washing line

Amaj7

Does your heart aches

C#m7

Over life's fate

Bm7/A Bbmaj7/A Bm7b5

I know we never had much time

Amaj7

For us to give

C#m7

But we did

Bm7/A Bbmaj7/A Bm7b5

There’s something in those deep blue eyes

[Chorus]

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

As the light creeps ov-er the houses

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

And the slates are darked by the rain

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

In this mor-ning search for meaning

Bbmaj7/A Bm7b5 Amaj7

I hear a songbird's mel -o -dy

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

I hear a song-bird's mel-o-dy

Bbmaj7/A Bm7b5 Amaj7

And she's singing just for me

[Bridge]

Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A

[Chorus]

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

As the light creeps ov-er the houses

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

And the slates are darked by the rain

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

In this mor-ning search for meaning

Bbmaj7/A Bm7b5 Amaj7

I hear a songbird's mel -o -dy

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

I hear a song-bird's mel-o-dy

Bbmaj7/A Bm7b5 Amaj7

And she’s singing just for me

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

Oh, she's sing-ing just for me

Amaj7 Bbmaj7/A Amaj7

A simple songbird's me -lo -dy

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