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Swept Away

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G     C    G   D
[Verse]
Well yGou send my life a Cwhirling
Darling when you're tGwirling
On the Dfloor
And Gwho cares about tComorrow?
What more is Gtomorrow?
Than another Dday.
[Chorus]
EmWhen you Cswept me Gaway
EmYeah you Cswept me Gaway
La la Gla la Cla la la la
La la Gla la la Dla la la
[Verse]
GI see the end of the Crainbow
But what more is a rGainbow
Than colors out of Dreach
GIf you come down to my Cwindow
And I climb out my wGindow
Then we'll get out of Dreach
[Chorus]
EmThen  you Cswept me Gaway
EmYeah you Cswept me Gaway
[Verse]
You Gsaid
with such honest Cfeeling
But what'd you really mean Gwhen
 you said that I'm your Dman
Well Ghow 
my darling can it Cbe
When you have never Gseen me
And you never will aDgain
[Chorus]
EmThat you Cswept me Gaway
EmYeah you Cswept me Gaway
[Verse]
Well Glife 
is ever changing bCut I
can always find a Gconstant
And a comfort in your Dlove
With Gyour 
heart my soul is Cbound
And as we dance I surely know Gthat
Some kind of heaven will be Dfound
[Verse]
And Gyou send my life a Cwhirling
Darling with you're Gtwirling
On the Dfloor
And Gwho cares about Ctomorrow?
Girl, what more is tGomorrow?
Than another Dday.
[Chorus]
EmWhen you Cswept me Gaway
EmYeah you Cswept me Gaway
EmYeah you Cswept me Gaway 

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Swept Away

by The Avett Brothers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G C G D

[Verse]

G C

Well you send my life a whirling

Darling when you're twirling

On the floor

G C

And who cares about tomorrow?

What more is tomorrow?

Than another day.

[Chorus]

Em C G

When you swept me away

Em C G

Yeah you swept me away

G C

La la la la la la la la

G D

La la la la la la la la

[Verse]

G C

I see the end of the rainbow

But what more is a rainbow

Than colors out of reach

G C

If you come down to my window

And I climb out my window

Then we'll get out of reach

[Chorus]

Em C G

Then you swept me away

Em C G

Yeah you swept me away

[Verse]

You said

with such honest feeling

But what'd you really mean when

you said that I'm your man

Well how

my darling can it be

When you have never seen me

And you never will again

[Chorus]

Em C G

That you swept me away

Em C G

Yeah you swept me away

[Verse]

Well life

is ever changing but I

can always find a constant

And a comfort in your love

With your

heart my soul is bound

And as we dance I surely know that

Some kind of heaven will be found

[Verse]

G C

And you send my life a whirling

Darling with you're twirling

On the floor

G C

And who cares about tomorrow?

Girl, what more is tomorrow?

Than another day.

[Chorus]

Em C G

When you swept me away

Em C G

Yeah you swept me away

Em C G

Yeah you swept me away

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