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When The Day Is Short

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[Intro]
C  F  C  F  C  F
[Chorus]
    CWhen the day is short,         FAnd the nights are long
    CIt's a different world,        FWhere the rules are wrong
[Verse 1]
And CI, I will go home with Fwho,
Whoever is Gsure   Are you sure?
    CAnd I don't care if Fyou,      If you love me tomorrow juCst,
Love me tonight         and FI --- I will be all right
I'll be alGl right.      I'll be all right.
Until tomorrow Cnight.
[Verse 2]
CAnd it's oh so long
Meet yFour, meet your friends at the bar
CAnd is that who those people are?
They, Fthey seem so very...ohG, far   They seem so far
Is that who they really Care?
[Verse 3]
CAnd on the jukebox is Fyour
Is your only song and CI, I have never remembered the wFords
Now I've waited, waited too lGong.......I've waited too long, our love is gone.
[Bridge]
GNo more sober words of love.  No more walks in the park side.
No more sweet and shy tou-----E-ches, yeah
GWe're just lovers in the dark.  Feel nothing, leave no mark.
But it was fun when we saw spCarks
[Chorus]
    CWhen the day is short           FAnd the nights are long
    CIt's a different world          FWhere the rules are wrong
[Outro]
CAh---ha, ah---ha         Fah---ha, ah---ha
I'll be all riGght        I'll be all right
CAh---ha, ah---ha         Fah---ha, ah---ha
CAh---ha, ah---ha......F  
G     C     F

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When The Day Is Short

by Martha Wainwright

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C F C F C F

[Chorus]

C F

When the day is short, And the nights are long

C F

It's a different world, Where the rules are wrong

[Verse 1]

C F

And I, I will go home with who,

Whoever is sure Are you sure?

C F C

And I don't care if you, If you love me tomorrow just,

Love me tonight and I --- I will be all right

I'll be all right. I'll be all right.

Until tomorrow night.

[Verse 2]

And it's oh so long

Meet your, meet your friends at the bar

And is that who those people are?

F G

They, they seem so very...oh, far They seem so far

Is that who they really are?

[Verse 3]

C F

And on the jukebox is your

C F

Is your only song and I, I have never remembered the words

Now I've waited, waited too long.......I've waited too long, our love is gone.

[Bridge]

No more sober words of love. No more walks in the park side.

No more sweet and shy tou------ches, yeah

We're just lovers in the dark. Feel nothing, leave no mark.

But it was fun when we saw sparks

[Chorus]

C F

When the day is short And the nights are long

C F

It's a different world Where the rules are wrong

[Outro]

C F

Ah---ha, ah---ha ah---ha, ah---ha

I'll be all right I'll be all right

C F

Ah---ha, ah---ha ah---ha, ah---ha

C F

Ah---ha, ah---ha......

G C F

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