Dry The River - Weights And Measures

                    C#0                  G#1
0You ve made your decision now get up and leave
      F#2                   G#3                        C#4
1The familiar sting of the woodcutters swing to the tree
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2I’ll fall in the forest to elbows and knees.
       F#7                                G#8                     C#9
3And it won t make a sound since there s no one around here to see
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         F#10        C#11
6I was prepared to love you
            F#12             C#13      G#14
7And never expect anything of you
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                C#15                         G#16
10If a spirit has left you baby don t lie to yourself
       F#17                     G#18                   C#19
11Put them old records on and admit that it s gone somewhere else
                   C#20                                                      G#21
12Just because we re beasts of blame by nature doesn t mean that you should carry it again
       F#22                        G#23                   C#24
13It s a question of needs, and not rosary beads, in the end
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         F#25        C#26
16I was prepared to love you
            F#27             C#28
17And never expect anything of you
                      F#29
18But there s no patron saint of silent restraint
C#30               G#31            F#32
19There ain t no sword in our lake
                C#33
20Just a funeral wake
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23You were the coldest star in the sky
                F#36            C#37
24Only I couldn t see it I was blind
            A#m38                       C#39
25In come the black night calling your name since you were born
                F#40             G#41             C#42
26Only I couldn t hear it I was empty as a drum
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         F#43        C#44
29I was prepared to love you
            F#45             C#46
30And never expect anything of you
                    F#47
31But there no patron saint of silent restraint
C#48               G#49            F#50
32There ain t no sword in our lake
C#51               G#52            F#53
33There ain t no sword in our lake
C#54               G#55            F#56
34There ain t no sword in our lake
                C#57
35Just a funeral wake.
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