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[Verse 1] 
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It was writ - ten that I would love you
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From the mo -   ment I op - ened my eyes
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And the morn - ing when I first saw  you
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Gave me   life under Ca - lico skies

[Chorus]
D      G
I will hold you
A                    Bm
  For as long as you like
     G
I'll hold you
A
  For the rest of my life

[Verse 2]
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Always look - ing for ways to love you
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Never fail - ing to fight at your side
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While the ang - els of love protect us
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From the inner - most sec - rets we hide

[Chorus]
D      G
I will hold you
A                    Bm
  For as long as you like
     G
I'll hold you
A
  For the rest of my life

[Verse 3]
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Long live all  of us, crazy sold - iers
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Who were born under Ca - lico  skies
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May we nev - er be called to  hand - le
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All the weap - ons of war we des - pise

[Chorus]
D      G
I will hold you
A                    Bm
  For as long as you like
     G
I'll hold you
A                    D
  For the rest of my life
     G
I'll hold you
A                    Bm
  For as long as you like
     G
I'll hold you
A                                        D
  For the rest of my, for the rest of my life

[Outro]
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