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[Verse]
ENo one told me I would Asuffer
C#mNo one told me I would Agrieve
EThey told me to live the way you Awant to
C#mYou still inherit eternitAy
[Chorus]
C#mSwept away in the dead of a winter
Is Aonly when I cry out for my lover
EThen I'll move along, BI'll move along
C#mSummer comes and I look to no one
ATill the leaves start changing colour
EThen I'll pray it alone, BI'll pray it alone
[Verse 2]
ENow there are moments when I am Afaithful
C#mBut I do it for worldly Again
EAnd if it doesn't come, I will Asee then
C#mRun to wrong myself self-restrAaint, yeah
[Chorus]
C#mSwept away in the dead of a winter
Is Aonly when I cry out for my lover
EThen I'll move along, BI'll move along
C#mSummer comes and I look to no one
ATill the leaves start changing colour
EThen I'll pray it alone, BI'll pray it alone

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The Average

by Joseph O'Brien

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C#m

[Verse]

E A

No one told me I would suffer

C#m A

No one told me I would grieve

E A

They told me to live the way you want to

C#m A

You still inherit eternity

[Chorus]

C#m

Swept away in the dead of a winter

Is only when I cry out for my lover

E B

Then I'll move along, I'll move along

C#m

Summer comes and I look to no one

Till the leaves start changing colour

E B

Then I'll pray it alone, I'll pray it alone

[Verse 2]

E A

Now there are moments when I am faithful

C#m A

But I do it for worldly gain

E A

And if it doesn't come, I will see then

C#m A

Run to wrong myself self-restraint, yeah

[Chorus]

C#m

Swept away in the dead of a winter

Is only when I cry out for my lover

E B

Then I'll move along, I'll move along

C#m

Summer comes and I look to no one

Till the leaves start changing colour

E B

Then I'll pray it alone, I'll pray it alone

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