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Love While You Can

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[Intro]
Em Em9 C Cmaj9
[Verse 1]
We’re Emnone of us Gmaj7getting any Cyounger
You can Gfeel the time go Asus2byAm  
  And Emmaybe we can't Gmaj7lose our hurt and Canger
But God Gdamn it all, let's Asus2try
  AWe Dplanned a better day
But Gplanets turn one wayD/F#  
So Emthough it seems Gmaj7unlike meG, girls,
Cthis is what I Csus2say
[Chorus]
Am7Love wherever and Cwhenever
And Ghowever you Dsus4should
Yes Am7marriage is a Cbastard
But Glove is always B7good
It’s Emnothing you prepare for
It’s Em7nothing that you A7susplanA  
  GSo Clove when this world Csus2lets you
     Cmaj9Love while you EmcanEm9  C  
[Verse 2]
     Cmaj9Our Emlove belongs to Gmaj7everyone who loves Cus
So it’s Gnot just you and Asus2meAm  
And Emwe both know love Bm7doesn't make us C(add9)perfect
It just Gmakes us want to Asus4be
  AIf D(add9)what we had before
Is Gsus2broken on the D/F#floor
We can Emsee the way the Gmaj7pieces Gwork,
and Cmake it something Csus2more
[Chorus 2]
     Cmaj9And Am11love wherever Cmaj9and whenever
And Gadd2however we Dsus4feelD  
Let Am11anger clean the Cmaj9cut out
Let Gadd2love help us B7sus4heal
  B7It’s Emnot the love we dreamed of
Em9Back when we A7sus4beganA  
 GBut Cmaj9love if your heart Clets you
Cmaj9Love while you Gcan
[Bridge]
              AA7(no 3)     D  A  
 I believe our fate     will find us
I belAsus4ieve that we get but onAe truAsus4e loveG  
         AA7(no 3)       D  A  
  I believe in     seeing signs,
       A        Asus4               AA7(no 3) A  
and I believe and trust the stars above
                 BB7(no 3)     E  B  
 And I thought you believed in me
That deep Bsus4down we were meant to Bbe
     EEsus2,4      E  
 I try to let that go
 EBut I can't D6/9let you Ego
      Cmaj13and then these feelings flow
     Fmaj7I still love you soF6/9  Fmaj9  
[Chorus 3]
So Bm7love wherever and Dwhenever
And Ahowever love Esus4lives
It’s Bm7fear that hides the Dheart away
It’s Alove that C#7sus4forgives
               F#mF#msus2,4
It wasn’t that we dreamed of
It F#m7wasn’t Ain the Bsus4planB  
 ABut Dlove the way love Dsus2finds you
        D(add9)  Dmaj9Love while you Acan
[Outro]
Love and keep on Aliving
When the D6/9shit hits the Esus4fan
 Amaj9Love and be forgiving
Oh, my D6/9Kate
My Esus4Anne...C#  
 F#m7Love while this world lets Amaj9youD  
 Dmaj9Love while E7you A(add4)can
Ending
E7sus4 E9 A7sus4 A7 D(add2) Esus4 E A

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Love While You Can

by If/Then

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em9

Cmaj9

Gmaj7

Asus2

D/F#

Csus2

Am7

Dsus4

Em7

A7sus

Bm7

C(add9)

Asus4

D(add9)

Gsus2

Am11

Gadd2

[Intro]

Em Em9 C Cmaj9

[Verse 1]

Em Gmaj7 C

We’re none of us getting any younger

G Asus2 Am

You can feel the time go by

Em Gmaj7 C

And maybe we can't lose our hurt and anger

G Asus2

But God damn it all, let's try

A D

We planned a better day

G D/F#

But planets turn one way

Em Gmaj7 G

So though it seems unlike me, girls,

C Csus2

this is what I say

[Chorus]

Am7 C

Love wherever and whenever

G Dsus4

And however you should

Am7 C

Yes marriage is a bastard

G B7

But love is always good

It’s nothing you prepare for

Em7 A7sus A

It’s nothing that you plan

G C Csus2

So love when this world lets you

Cmaj9 Em Em9 C

Love while you can

[Verse 2]

Cmaj9 Em Gmaj7 C

Our love belongs to everyone who loves us

G Asus2 Am

So it’s not just you and me

Em Bm7 C(add9)

And we both know love doesn't make us perfect

G Asus4

It just makes us want to be

A D(add9)

If what we had before

Gsus2 D/F#

Is broken on the floor

Em Gmaj7 G

We can see the way the pieces work,

C Csus2

and make it something more

[Chorus 2]

Cmaj9 Am11 Cmaj9

And love wherever and whenever

Gadd2 Dsus4 D

And however we feel

Am11 Cmaj9

Let anger clean the cut out

Gadd2 B7sus4

Let love help us heal

B7 Em

It’s not the love we dreamed of

Em9 A7sus4 A

Back when we began

G Cmaj9 C

But love if your heart lets you

Cmaj9 G

Love while you can

[Bridge]

A D A

A7(no 3)

I believe our fate will find us

Asus4 A Asus4 G

I believe that we get but one true love

A D A

A7(no 3)

I believe in seeing signs,

A Asus4 A A

A7(no 3)

and I believe and trust the stars above

B E B

B7(no 3)

And I thought you believed in me

Bsus4 B

That deep down we were meant to be

E E

Esus2,4

I try to let that go

E D6/9 E

But I can't let you go

Cmaj13

and then these feelings flow

Fmaj7 F6/9 Fmaj9

I still love you so

[Chorus 3]

Bm7 D

So love wherever and whenever

A Esus4

And however love lives

Bm7 D

It’s fear that hides the heart away

A C#7sus4

It’s love that forgives

F#m

F#msus2,4

It wasn’t that we dreamed of

F#m7 A Bsus4 B

It wasn’t in the plan

A D Dsus2

But love the way love finds you

D(add9) Dmaj9 A

Love while you can

[Outro]

Love and keep on living

D6/9 Esus4

When the shit hits the fan

Amaj9

Love and be forgiving

D6/9

Oh, my Kate

Esus4 C#

My Anne...

F#m7 Amaj9 D

Love while this world lets you

Dmaj9 E7 A(add4)

Love while you can

Ending

E7sus4 E9 A7sus4 A7 D(add2) Esus4 E A

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