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In Germany Before The War

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In GmGermany before the war
There A/C#was a man who owned a store
In Cmnineteen hundred thirty-four in GmDusseldorf
And Gmevery night at five-o-nine
He'd A/C#cross the park down to the rhine
And he'd Cmsit there by the shoreGm  
Chorus:
I'm Gmlooking at the river but I'm Cmthinking of the sea
DThinking of the sea, D#Thinking of the sea
I'm Gmlooking at the river but I'm Cmthinking of the seaD  D#  
A little girl has lost her way
With hair of gold and eyes of gray
Reflected in his glasses As he watches her
A little girl has lost her way
With hair of gold and eyes of gray
Chorus
We lie beneath the autumn sky
My little golden girl and I
And she lies very still

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In Germany Before The War

by Randy Newman

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A/C#

In Germany before the war

A/C#

There was a man who owned a store

Cm Gm

In nineteen hundred thirty-four in Dusseldorf

And every night at five-o-nine

A/C#

He'd cross the park down to the rhine

Cm Gm

And he'd sit there by the shore

Chorus:

Gm Cm

I'm looking at the river but I'm thinking of the sea

D D#

Thinking of the sea, Thinking of the sea

Gm Cm D D#

I'm looking at the river but I'm thinking of the sea

A little girl has lost her way

With hair of gold and eyes of gray

Reflected in his glasses As he watches her

A little girl has lost her way

With hair of gold and eyes of gray

Chorus

We lie beneath the autumn sky

My little golden girl and I

And she lies very still

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