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[Verse 1]
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Now that I'm older, I know I'm not old enough to know

C                G        Am             Am/G         F
what it is to be lonesome, what it is to be without a home

       E                  F         D/F#    G
I've a friend in mind who loves me, rain or shine

E/G#        Am           Am/G                     F
Don't ask me why but his younger eyes are so much older eyes than mine

[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 2]
C             G          Am                 Am/G          F
Thought I was well-read, I wouldn't need to ask him for a lead

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When I read what his eyes said, I knew I had nothing more to read

       E                 F       D/F#    G      E/G#
Nothing more to say, no, nothing more to do but throw all my

Am            Am/G                        F
words away on someone who needs them, who can't find a good man like you

[Bridge]
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[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 3]
C           G        Am                  Am/G          F
Ran all the way here to be the first to see the rising star

C                  G         Am           Am/G           F
There were others before me, the sound of beauty travels far

          Em              F           D/F#   G    E/G#           Am
I hear it loud and clear, ring like a silver coin thrown down on stone

           F                                                C
Though I'm lost in a crowd I just know he's around me somehow

           F
Though I'm lost in a crowd I just know he's around me,

                         C
just know he's around me somehow