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The Past Has Passed Away

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[Verse 1]
A5All along, the reaper's been calling out your name
A5Sickened from the seasons that never seem to change
A5And I feel that A/Gheavy weight try to A/F#creep on top of A/Fme
Know I'm a Ecity boy, and you can't bring me Adown
N.C.
(Bring me)
[Verse 2]
A5We don't feel when these bones are meant to break
A5So we bet on fear that everything will change
A5Still I see that A/Gsuffering try to A/F#creep on top of A/Fme
Know I'm a cEity boy, and you can't bring me dAown
N.C
(Bring me)
[Chorus]
CCome on, baby, Gleave me here
DmWhat the hell do we Cgot to fear?
At Gleast the past has passed away
At Gleast the past has passed away
So Ccome on, baby, lGet's be clear
DmWe both know that the Cend is near
At Gleast the past has passed away
At least the past has pG#massed away
[Verse 3]
A5Tommy knows a secret, but swallowed up the keys
A5Swear he saw the angels singin' 'bout catastrophe
And when I see that A/Gsuffering try to A/F#creep on top of A/Fme
Know I'm a Ecity boy, and you can't bring me Adown
N.C
(Bring me)
[Chorus]
CCome on, baby, Gleave me here
DmWhat the hell do we Cgot to fear?
At Gleast the past has passed away
At Gleast the past has passed away
So Ccome on, baby, lGet's be clear
DmWe both know that the Cend is near
At Gleast the past has passed away
At least the past has pG#massed away
[Bridge]
AAt least the past has A/Gpassed away
A/F#At least the past has A/Fpassed away
AAt least the past has A/Gpassed away
A/F#At least the past has A/Fpassed away
AAt least the past has A/Gpassed away
A/F#At least the past has A/Fpassed away
EAt least the past has passed away
EAt least the past has passed away
[Chorus]
CCome on, baby, Gleave me here
DmWhat the hell do we Cgot to fear?
At Gleast the past has passed away
At Gleast the past has passed away
So Ccome on, baby, lGet's be clear
DmWe both know that the Cend is near
At Gleast the past has passed away
At Gleast the past has passed awayC  G  Dm  C  
At Gleast the past has passed away
At Gleast the past has passed away
So Ccome on, baby, lGet's be clear
DmWe both know that the Cend is near
At Gleast the past has passed away
At G#mleast the past has passed awayA5  

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The Past Has Passed Away

by Des Rocs

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A/G

A/F#

A/F

G#m

[Verse 1]

All along, the reaper's been calling out your name

Sickened from the seasons that never seem to change

A5 A/G A/F# A/F

And I feel that heavy weight try to creep on top of me

E A

Know I'm a city boy, and you can't bring me down

N.C.

(Bring me)

[Verse 2]

We don't feel when these bones are meant to break

So we bet on fear that everything will change

A5 A/G A/F# A/F

Still I see that suffering try to creep on top of me

E A

Know I'm a city boy, and you can't bring me down

N.C

(Bring me)

[Chorus]

C G

Come on, baby, leave me here

Dm C

What the hell do we got to fear?

At least the past has passed away

C G

So come on, baby, let's be clear

Dm C

We both know that the end is near

At least the past has passed away

G#m

At least the past has passed away

[Verse 3]

Tommy knows a secret, but swallowed up the keys

Swear he saw the angels singin' 'bout catastrophe

A/G A/F# A/F

And when I see that suffering try to creep on top of me

E A

Know I'm a city boy, and you can't bring me down

N.C

(Bring me)

[Chorus]

C G

Come on, baby, leave me here

Dm C

What the hell do we got to fear?

At least the past has passed away

C G

So come on, baby, let's be clear

Dm C

We both know that the end is near

At least the past has passed away

G#m

At least the past has passed away

[Bridge]

A A/G

At least the past has passed away

A/F# A/F

At least the past has passed away

A A/G

At least the past has passed away

A/F# A/F

At least the past has passed away

A A/G

At least the past has passed away

A/F# A/F

At least the past has passed away

[Chorus]

C G

Come on, baby, leave me here

Dm C

What the hell do we got to fear?

At least the past has passed away

C G

So come on, baby, let's be clear

Dm C

We both know that the end is near

At least the past has passed away

G C G Dm C

At least the past has passed away

C G

So come on, baby, let's be clear

Dm C

We both know that the end is near

At least the past has passed away

G#m A5

At least the past has passed away

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