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[Verse 1]
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If I mistook the sun for mango
F Bb C
I'd fly up there and reach for it too
C
It's the story of something older
F
And bigger than me and you
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And you told it in a letter
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In the form of an evergreen cassette
C
And I played it in the morning
F
Til after the sun would set
[Chorus]
Dm F
See mother I believe
Dm F Bb
That half of everything I hear is true
Dm F
Between you and me
Dm F C
I believe the anecdotes too
[Verse 2]
F Bb F
In the veranda in the midnight heat
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Cousins and I would wait for the rain
C
Singing songs about America
F
And then the first drops came
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So don't worry even though you were
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Oceans and continents away
C
I heard evergreen hits Lullabys
F
And everything you had to say
[Chorus]
Dm F
See mother I believe
Dm F Bb
That half of everything I hear is true
Dm F
Between you and me
Dm F Bb
I believe the anecdotes too
[Bridge]
C
If they get you through
F
Cause time time can't be bent with the drop of a tear
Bb
You'd see it rain in our house for a year
F C
This is the sound of the beating you'd hear
F
All the tapes we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears
Bb
The open veranda's been flooded for years
F C
I always hoped that I'd see you here
Dm F
Ahhhhh ahhhhhh
Dm F Bb
Ahhhhh ahhhh ahhhh
Dm F
Ahhhhh ahhhhh
Dm F Bb
Ahhhh ahhhhh ahhhh
F
But time time can't be bent with the drop of a tear
Bb
And though you say you missed out all of those years
F C
Your voice on the tapes always kept us near
[Chorus]
Dm F
See mother I believe
Dm F Bb
That half of everything I hear is true
Dm F
Between you and me
Dm F Bb
I believe in everything you do
