I Could Write a Book

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I never learned to spell, at least
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 not well
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One, two, three, four, five, six, 
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seven
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I never learned to count a great 
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amount
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But my busy mind is burning to   
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use what learning
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I've got,       I won't waste any
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 time, I'll strike while the 
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iron is hot
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If they asked me, I could write a 
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book
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About the way you walk and 
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whisper and       look
F  G7     C    Ab7     Dm7    
I could write a        preface
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       on how we        met
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So the       world would never
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      forget
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And the simple secret of the plot
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Is just to tell them that I love
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 you a          lot
 F   G7    C    Ab7 Dm7   G7   
Then the world discovers       
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  as my      book ends
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How to make two lovers        of 
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friends
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If they asked me, I could write a 
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book
  G7       C       G7         C  
About the way you walk and 
  C#dim     Dm7 G7
whisper and       look
F  G7     C    Ab7     Dm7    
I could write a        preface
G7        C   F#dim    G
       on how we        met
C F#dim      G     Eb7   Am7  
So the       world would never
D7       G  Dm7 G7
      forget
        C             G7     C
And the simple secret of the plot
   G7      C         G7      C  
Is just to tell them that I love
      C#dim      Dm7 G7
 you a          lot
 F   G7    C    Ab7 Dm7   G7   
Then the world discovers       
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  as my      book ends
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How to make two lovers        of
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 friends