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Places In My Past
(James Taylor) (c)1971
Cmaj9 - - - F/G - - -
                  Cmaj9  Am7,  Am7   Em7  F  
There are ladies in my life
Dm7Lovely F/Gladies in these Cmaj9lazy days
And though I Am7never Cmaj9took a D7wife
May I Gsay that I have Dm7loved me Fmaj7one or Em7twoF  F/G  
               Cmaj9  Am7,  Am7   Em7  F  
Of the people in my past
Dm7Fading fac-F/Ges in a Cmaj9waking dream
And though they Am7never Cmaj9seemed to laD7st very loGng
There are Dm7faces Fmaj7I     remem-Em7ber
>From the Fplaces F/Gin  my Cmaj9past
I said, aFll the Dm7dead-head G/Amiles
And the Dm7insincere smilesG  
Em7Sometimes I can lAm7augh and Em7cry and I can'Ft rememDm7ber whF/GyG  
But AmI sEm7till lFove tF/Ghose
         Cmaj9  Am7,  Am7   Em7  F  
good times gone by
Dm7Hold on F/Gto them close or Cmaj9let them go
    Am7  Cmaj9I don't knD7ow
I just sGeem to sing these Dm7songs
       Fmaj7                  Em7      F       F/G   Cmaj9- - -
And say I'm sorry for the friends I used to know
F/G - - - Cmaj9 - - - F/G - - - Cmaj9

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Places In My Past

by James Taylor

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Cmaj9

Am7

Em7

Dm7

F/G

Fmaj7

G/A

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Places In My Past

Cmaj9 - - - F/G - - -

Cmaj9 Am7 Am7 Em7 F

There are ladies in my life

Dm7 F/G Cmaj9

Lovely ladies in these lazy days

Am7 Cmaj9 D7

And though I never took a wife

G Dm7 Fmaj7 Em7 F F/G

May I say that I have loved me one or two

Cmaj9 Am7 Am7 Em7 F

Of the people in my past

Dm7 F/G Cmaj9

Fading fac-es in a waking dream

Am7 Cmaj9 D7 G

And though they never seemed to last very long

Dm7 Fmaj7 Em7

There are faces I remem-ber

F F/G Cmaj9

>From the places in my past

F Dm7 G/A

I said, all the dead-head miles

Dm7 G

And the insincere smiles

Em7 Am7 Em7 F Dm7 F/G G

Sometimes I can laugh and cry and I can't remember why

Am Em7 F F/G

But I still love those

Cmaj9 Am7 Am7 Em7 F

good times gone by

Dm7 F/G Cmaj9

Hold on to them close or let them go

Am7 Cmaj9 D7

I don't know

G Dm7

I just seem to sing these songs

Fmaj7 Em7 F F/G Cmaj9

- - -

And say I'm sorry for the friends I used to know

F/G - - - Cmaj9 - - - F/G - - - Cmaj9

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