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Wonderful Remark

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[Verse]
GHow can you sDtand the silence
CThat pervades when Gwe all cry?
GHow can you wDatch the violence
CThat erupts befGore your eyes?
GHow can you tDell us something
CJust to keep us hGanging on?
GSomething that just dDon't mean nothing
CWhen we see it you aGre gone
CClinging to some otGher rainbow
CWhile we're standing waiting Gin the cold
CTelling us the sGame old story
EmKnowing time is groDwing old
[Chorus]
TDhat was a woCnderful reGmark
DI had my eCyCes closed in the dGark
CI sighed a million sighs
GI told a million lies...to mDyself....Cto mGyself
[Instrumental]
D C G G
D C G G
[Verse 2]
GHow can we liDsten to you
WChen we know your tGalk is cheap?
GHow can we eDver question
CWhy we give more aGnd you keep?
GHow can your empty lDaughter
FCill a room like ouGrs with joy
GWhen you're only plDaying with us
CLike a child does wGith a toy?
CHow can we ever fGeel the freedom
COr the flame lit Gby the spark?
CHow can we cGome out even
EmWhen reality iDs stark?
DThat was a wConderful remGark
DI had my eCyes closed in the dGark
CI sighed a million sighs
GI told a million lies....to Dmyself....Cto mGyself
[Outro]
(Repeat till fade)
D C G G
D C G G

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Wonderful Remark

by Van Morrison

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[Verse]

G D

How can you stand the silence

C G

That pervades when we all cry?

G D

How can you watch the violence

C G

That erupts before your eyes?

G D

How can you tell us something

C G

Just to keep us hanging on?

G D

Something that just don't mean nothing

C G

When we see it you are gone

C G

Clinging to some other rainbow

C G

While we're standing waiting in the cold

C G

Telling us the same old story

Em D

Knowing time is growing old

[Chorus]

D C G

That was a wonderful remark

D C G

I had my eyCes closed in the dark

I sighed a million sighs

G D C G

I told a million lies...to myself....to myself

[Instrumental]

D C G G

[Verse 2]

G D

How can we listen to you

C G

When we know your talk is cheap?

G D

How can we ever question

C G

Why we give more and you keep?

G D

How can your empty laughter

C G

Fill a room like ours with joy

G D

When you're only playing with us

C G

Like a child does with a toy?

C G

How can we ever feel the freedom

C G

Or the flame lit by the spark?

C G

How can we come out even

Em D

When reality is stark?

D C G

That was a wonderful remark

D C G

I had my eyes closed in the dark

I sighed a million sighs

G D C G

I told a million lies....to myself....to myself

[Outro]

(Repeat till fade)

D C G G

About Wonderful Remark Chords by Van Morrison

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