Wanted It That Way

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[Verse]
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Left all the flowers in the living 
room
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Shook every hand I didn't know
Stacked all the cards I'll read to 
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you when I get alone
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I made your bed, hung your favourite
 dress
Mailed all the letters that you 
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saved
Broke the news over every call that 
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you couldn't make

[Chorus]
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Never written down in a will, on a 
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page
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I do my best to try and keep you 
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around this place
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'Cause I know, you would've wanted 
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it that way

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[Verse]
C
You oldest boy gave his girl your 
ring
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They set a wedding date in June
Your daughter named her brown-eyed 
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baby after you
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I call my youngest brother once a 
day
And you would be so proud to know
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He brings you yellow roses every 
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time he's home

[Chorus]
Am            G         C        
Never written down in a will, on a 
  F
page
          Am              G       
We do our best to try and keep you
  C          F
 around this place
               G                   
'Cause we know, you would've wanted
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 it that way

[Instrumental]
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Bb  F  G    C

[Verse]
C
I found a letter in your dresser 
drawer
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With my name and no address
Waiting for me and a birthday card 
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that you never sent
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You spoke to me like you never have
The words you held back all this 
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time
Were the ones you could never say 
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while you were alive

[Chorus]
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Why did I have to hear you were 
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proud of me this way?
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I'm gonna carry this letter 
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around, so you're here everyday
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'Cause I know, yes, I know, you 
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would've wanted it that way
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Wanted it that way, you