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Lest We Forget

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Tabbed/chords by: Martin Norgaard/Ole Moller Nielsen
Intro
-|----------|----------|----------|-----2-0---|
-|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3-3-3-3-|
-|-----2--2-|-----0--0-|-----0--0-|--0-0----0-|
-|--0----0--|--0----0--|--0----0--|-----------|
-|----------|----------|----------|-0---------|
-|-2--2-----|-3--3-----|-0--0-----|-----------|
-|----------|----------|----------|-----2-----|
-|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3-3-----|
-|-----2--2-|-----0--0-|-----0--0-|--0-0------|
-|--0----0--|--0----0--|--0----0--|-----------|
-|----------|----------|----------|-0---------|
-|-2--2-----|-3--3-----|-0--0-----|-----------|
[D] [G] [Em7] [Asus] [D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
Lest                     We forget
[D] [G]    [Em7][Asus] [D] [G] [Em7] 
Your deeds as a younger man
[Asus]   [D]           [G]   [Em7]       [Asus]
Like how when you were nine, you fell in love because
[D]         [G]               [Em7]        [Asus]
she was the first girl  you'd seen throw a cricket ball
[D]           [G]        [Em7]          [Asus]       [D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
You knew that you'd be together for the rest of your lives
    [D]      [G]         [Em7]      [Asus]
Now you sit alone in the sun in the backyard
[D]         [G]    [Em7]       [Asus]
feeding the birds, reading the newspaper
[D]      [G]       [Em7]         [Asus]         [D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
thinking about the love that you shouldn't have lost
    [D]           [G]   [Em7]         [Asus]
//: Love that you lost, love that you shouldn't have://
[D]           [G]   [Em7]         [Asus]         [D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
Love that you lost, love that you shouldn't have lost
     [D]     [G]   [Em7]    [Asus]
When I was a child I didn't see her much
[D]         [G]   [Em7]      [Asus]
She passed away before I was five
[D]      [G]           [Em7]   [Asus]     [D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
I was so young that it barely affected my life
         [D]        [G]              [Em7]       [Asus]
Then one day when I asked you told me she was magnificent
[D]        [G]          [Em7]        [Asus]
All that I had was your word and her photograph
        [D]          [G]          [Em7]      [Asus]    [D] [G] [Em7] [Asus]
But one look in your eyes told me all that I needed to know
    [D]           [G]   [Em7]         [Asus]
//: Love that you lost, love that you shouldn't have://
DX00232 or 2X023X
G320033 or 3X003X
Em7022030 or 0X003X
Asus4X02230 or X0X03X
A7X02223

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Lest We Forget

by The Waifs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Asus

Asus4

Tabbed/chords by: Martin Norgaard/Ole Moller Nielsen

Intro

-|----------|----------|----------|-----2-0---|

-|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3-3-3-3-|

-|-----2--2-|-----0--0-|-----0--0-|--0-0----0-|

-|--0----0--|--0----0--|--0----0--|-----------|

-|----------|----------|----------|-0---------|

-|-2--2-----|-3--3-----|-0--0-----|-----------|

-|----------|----------|----------|-----2-----|

-|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3--3---|---3-3-----|

-|-----2--2-|-----0--0-|-----0--0-|--0-0------|

-|--0----0--|--0----0--|--0----0--|-----------|

-|----------|----------|----------|-0---------|

-|-2--2-----|-3--3-----|-0--0-----|-----------|

D G Em7 Asus D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

Lest We forget

D G Em7 Asus D G Em7

[] [] [][] [] [] []

Your deeds as a younger man

Asus D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] [] []

Like how when you were nine, you fell in love because

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

she was the first girl you'd seen throw a cricket ball

D G Em7 Asus D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

You knew that you'd be together for the rest of your lives

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

Now you sit alone in the sun in the backyard

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

feeding the birds, reading the newspaper

D G Em7 Asus D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

thinking about the love that you shouldn't have lost

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

//: Love that you lost, love that you shouldn't have://

D G Em7 Asus D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

Love that you lost, love that you shouldn't have lost

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

When I was a child I didn't see her much

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

She passed away before I was five

D G Em7 Asus D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

I was so young that it barely affected my life

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

Then one day when I asked you told me she was magnificent

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

All that I had was your word and her photograph

D G Em7 Asus D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

But one look in your eyes told me all that I needed to know

D G Em7 Asus

[] [] [] []

//: Love that you lost, love that you shouldn't have://

X00232 or 2X023X

320033 or 3X003X

Em7

022030 or 0X003X

Asus4

X02230 or X0X03X

X02223

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