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“Hourglass”
Andrew Horn©
Verse 1
BNothing is forever
And good things never F#mlast
And Elearning in the future
Is based on lessons from the F#mpast
Thought we were GBold in the Fire
And we could not be F#mburned
Until you lEost your desire
And I melted to F#mlearn
Pre-Chorus
C#mThought I could Estop you from Bchanging sF#mhape
C#mBut two people cEannot believe on Bone mans F#mfaith
Chorus
BAnd your love is was
F#mAn hourglass
EWhat I thought I’d found
F#mWas too good to last
BAnd your love it was
F#mA promise made
EBut our lock and key
F#mHeld a broken chain
And C#Mnow when I Esee you
I just Bdon’t unF#mderstand
AC#mll that I needed from you Ethen
Has now become all the Btime on my F#mhands
Verse 2
It was torture to see it coming
As we reached our end of days
The sands of time were falling
From a Pre-Mature Heart Decay
And as I stood in falsehood
In our final hour
I prayed for the roots of a Redwood
But you withered like a flower
Pre-Chorus
And when you finally spoke the words that broke my heart
I couldn’t blame you too much when I knew from the start
That your love, it was...

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Hourglass

by Red Goodbye

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F#m

C#m

“Hourglass”

Andrew Horn©

Verse 1

Nothing is forever

F#m

And good things never last

And learning in the future

F#m

Is based on lessons from the past

Thought we were Gold in the Fire

F#m

And we could not be burned

Until you lost your desire

F#m

And I melted to learn

Pre-Chorus

C#m E B F#m

Thought I could stop you from changing shape

C#m E B F#m

But two people cannot believe on one mans faith

Chorus

And your love is was

F#m

An hourglass

What I thought I’d found

F#m

Was too good to last

And your love it was

F#m

A promise made

But our lock and key

F#m

Held a broken chain

C#M E

And now when I see you

B F#m

I just don’t understand

C#m E

All that I needed from you then

B F#m

Has now become all the time on my hands

Verse 2

It was torture to see it coming

As we reached our end of days

The sands of time were falling

From a Pre-Mature Heart Decay

And as I stood in falsehood

In our final hour

I prayed for the roots of a Redwood

But you withered like a flower

Pre-Chorus

And when you finally spoke the words that broke my heart

I couldn’t blame you too much when I knew from the start

That your love, it was...

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