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GWalk me Cout by the waDter's edEmge
Oh, my brAmother
I'm coGming dCown
WGe are yCoung
We are alDmost thEmere
And the Amman keeps coGming 'roCund
CI don't kAmnow whCo was rigDht
Or wChat they sGaw in yCou that nDight
CBut here we aGre unCder mooDnlight
AmWords...cannot desGcribe
GWalk me Cout in the moDrning sEmun
Oh, sweet moAmmma
I'm comGing dCown
GWe are yoCung
We are alDmost tEmhere
And the Amman keeps comGing 'roCund
And CI don't knAmow whCo was rigDht
Or wChat they sGaw in yCou that niDght
HCere we aGre unCder moonDlight
AmWords cannot dGescribe
It's clear to mDe
You're like
The ocCeans and the liGght
TCry and you'll remeGmber
what you used to beD  
IDt's clear to me this
day will taCke you for
a Gride
a plFace that you once Emlonged to beAm  
And there it is...D  
[Bridge] x2
G C D Em
Am G C
CI don't Amknow whCo was rigDht
Or wChat they sGaw in yCou that niDght
HCere we aGre unCder the moonDlight
AmWords cannot        CWords...
WaGlk me Cout
By the waDter's eEmdge
Oh, my brAmother
I'm coGming dCown
GWe were yoCung
We are Dalmost thEmere
And the Amman keeps coGming 'roCund
The Amman keeps comGingC  G  

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The Man

by Pete Yorn

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G C D Em

Walk me out by the water's edge

Oh, my brother

G C

I'm coming down

G C

We are young

D Em

We are almost there

Am G C

And the man keeps coming 'round

C Am C D

I don't know who was right

C G C D

Or what they saw in you that night

C G C D

But here we are under moonlight

Am G

Words...cannot describe

G C D Em

Walk me out in the morning sun

Oh, sweet momma

G C

I'm coming down

G C

We are young

D Em

We are almost there

Am G C

And the man keeps coming 'round

C Am C D

And I don't know who was right

C G C D

Or what they saw in you that night

C G C D

Here we are under moonlight

Am G

Words cannot describe

It's clear to me

You're like

C G

The oceans and the light

C G

Try and you'll remember

what you used to be

It's clear to me this

day will take you for

a ride

F Em Am

a place that you once longed to be

And there it is...

[Bridge] x2

G C D Em

Am G C

C Am C D

I don't know who was right

C G C D

Or what they saw in you that night

C G C D

Here we are under the moonlight

Am C

Words cannot Words...

G C

Walk me out

D Em

By the water's edge

Oh, my brother

G C

I'm coming down

G C

We were young

D Em

We are almost there

Am G C

And the man keeps coming 'round

Am G C G

The man keeps coming

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