Chords for "Spoon River" By: Michael Peter Smith 1997

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_ _ _ All of the different _ [G] volcanic _ moons in the [A] Earth's surface. _
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ All of the great union [G] solar points, _
[Em] the sweet names [D] of _
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ Juno and Dino.
_ [Am] There never was a reason [G] to occur
when _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
all of [D] our lives [B] were entwined [E] to begin with.
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_ _ [D] _ _ All of [A] the caracal [G] dressings, _ _
[F#m] demon [D] names, _ _
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[A] _ _ [D] _ _ our lonely attic,
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[A] grandfather's delicate [D] gaze. _ _
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[A] _ There [D] are words whispered down in the blue parlor,
[E] a shadow of [G] me. _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
The morning is [D] heavy _ [B] with one more beginning.
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Come to the dance, merry [G] person, _
I like you a lot.
[D] _ _ _
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[A] _ _ [D] _ _ Juno speaks out, [G] is he listening?
[A] Did he hear you [D] after? _ _
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[E] _ _ [D] _ There must be a heaven God knows [A] I've seen. _
_ Mostly [G] half _ _
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my break is [F#] outside,
[D] coming [B] right through [E] the light. _
[D] Do you hear this woman? _ _
_ _ _ _ All of the different [G] volcanic [D] moons in the [F#m] Earth's surface. _
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[A] _ _ _ All of the great union solar [G] points, _ _
_ [A] the sweet names of _ [D] _ _
Juno _ _ [G] _ _
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and Dino.
_ There never was a reason [B] to [F#] occur
when [E] _ _ [E] _
_ all [D] of our lives were [B] entwined [A] to begin with.
_ [G] Here in the [A] solar_ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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