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Darling by Kathleen Edwards
Standard tuning
[Intro]
E  A  E  A
[Verse]
EYou are the Asun
And Ehe tried to put you Aout
EAnd you are the Aflame
And Ehe tried to water you Adown
[Pre-Chorus]
AWell, you gave him flowers and he was oEnly worth the seeds
And Ahe gave you a wave but you were Bworth the whole damn sea
[Chorus]
EDarling, darling, dAarling
Let it be EoverA  
EDarling, darling, Adarling
Well, you can cry on my BshouldAer-er-er
E  A  E  A
[Verse]
EYou are a AlightE  
And Ehe tried to turn you Aoff
And Eyou are a Amap
C#mBut he F#mstill kept getting Blost
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, Ayou gave him flowers and he was Eonly worth the seeds
And Ahe gave you a wave but you were Bworth the whole damn sea
[Chorus]
EDarling, darling, Adarling
Let it be EoverA  
EDarling, darling, Adarling
Well, you can cry on my EshoulAder-er-er
EDarling, darling, daArling
Let it be EoverA  
Well, EI'll always be Ahere so you can cry on my BshouldeAr-er-er
[Instrumental]
E    F#    A     E/B
E    F#    A     B
[Chorus]
DEarling, darling, Adarling
Let it be EoverA  
Well, I'll Ealways be Ahere so you can F#mcry on my sAhoulder-Aer-eEr

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Darling

by Kathleen Edwards

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

F#m

E/B

Darling by Kathleen Edwards

Standard tuning

[Intro]

E A E A

[Verse]

E A

You are the sun

E A

And he tried to put you out

E A

And you are the flame

E A

And he tried to water you down

[Pre-Chorus]

A E

Well, you gave him flowers and he was only worth the seeds

A B

And he gave you a wave but you were worth the whole damn sea

[Chorus]

E A

Darling, darling, darling

E A

Let it be over

E A

Darling, darling, darling

B A

Well, you can cry on my shoulder-er-er

E A E A

[Verse]

E A E

You are a light

E A

And he tried to turn you off

E A

And you are a map

C#m F#m B

But he still kept getting lost

[Pre-Chorus]

A E

Well, you gave him flowers and he was only worth the seeds

A B

And he gave you a wave but you were worth the whole damn sea

[Chorus]

E A

Darling, darling, darling

E A

Let it be over

E A

Darling, darling, darling

E A

Well, you can cry on my shoulder-er-er

E A

Darling, darling, darling

E A

Let it be over

E A B A

Well, I'll always be here so you can cry on my shoulder-er-er

[Instrumental]

E F# A E/B

E F# A B

[Chorus]

E A

Darling, darling, darling

E A

Let it be over

E A F#m A A E

Well, I'll always be here so you can cry on my shoulder-er-er

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