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When I was just six years old
D Em Bm7
My mother left me by my own
D Em Bm7
For a day or maybe three
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It's my longest memory
G Em D
Of all the things that we might be
G Em Bm
The sum and parts is what we leave
G Em D
So if you ask me what I am
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I shall only show my hand
D Em Bm7
When I was a little boy
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My father never brought me toys
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My father only brought me blood
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But in the end, blood's not enough
G Em D
I know this is a lonely road
G Em Bm
Eleven thousand miles of cold
G Em D
To trap the heart and choke it dead
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Eleven thousand miles they said
G Em Bm
(Eleven thousand miles they said)
[Chorus]
G
But oh my darling, don't you fear
G
I will always keep you near
G
E'en the winter chills us so
G
I will never let you go
G
Oh my darling, you will see
G
This is what you mean to me
G
More than riches, more than gold
More than can be bought or
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Sooooooooold
Bm A D G Em Bm
Sooooooooold
[Verse]
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Now mine is a simple prayer
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Cast into the midnight air
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Years enough to watch you grow
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Years enough so you shall know
G Em D
Oh this is a lonely road
G Em Bm
And onwards, onwards we must go
G Em D
But yours, the gift to raise the dead
G Em Bm
Love, burn a ghost inside your head
G Em Bm
Love, burn a ghost inside your head
[Chorus]
G
Oh my darling, don't you fear
G
I will always be right here
G
May the winter take my soul
G
I will never let you go
G
Oh my darling, you will see
G
Everything you mean to me
G
More than riches, more than gold
More than can be bought or
Bm A D G Em Bm
Sooooooooold
Bm A D G Em Bm
Sooooooooold
[Outro]
D Em Bm7
When I was just six years old
D Em Bm7
My mother left me by my own
D Em Bm7
But oh my darling, don't you fear
D Em Bm7
I will always keep you near
