Chords for Abbey Lincoln - Throw It Away

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I [G] _ think about the life I live, a [Bb] figure _ [Cm] made of clay, _ [G] _
and [F] think [Em] about the things [C] I lost,
[Dm] the [C] things I gave away.
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] And when [Ab] I'm in a [Fm] certain mood, I search the [F] halls and look.
_ [C] _ _ [G] One night I found these magic words _ in a [Gm] magic _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] book.
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Throw it _ [Bb] away, _ _
[Abm] you [Eb] can [G] throw it _ _ [Bb]
away.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] Give your love, _ [G] live your _ life, _ _ each and [Cm] every day.
_ _ [Fm] And keep your hand [Eb] wide open, _ _ [Fm] and let the sun _ shine through, _
[G] cause you can never lose a thing _ if it belongs [C] to _ _ _ [A] _ you.
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_ _ _ _ [D] There's a [Am] hand to rock [G] _ [Cm] cradle, _ [D] and a hand [Eb] to help [Cm] us stand,
_ [G] with a gentle [A] kind [B] of motion [C] as it [Dm] _
[G] moves [C] across the land. _
[Ab] And our hands _ unclenched and open, _ [C] gifts of [Gm] life and love it [Ab] _ brings.
[F] So _ [Gm] keep [C] your [E] hand wide [G] open if [D] you're needing _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] anything.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Throw _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [G] it away, [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] give your love, live [G] your _ life, _
[F] each [Db] and [C] every day.
[Ab] _ _ And keep your hand wide [E] open, _ _ [F] and let [Ab] the sun shine [Gbm] through,
cause [G] you _ can never lose a thing _ if it _ [C] belongs to _ [Eb] you.
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_ _ [C] _ There's a hand [Cm] to rock cradle, _ _ [C] and a hand to [Cm] help us stand,
_ _ with a gentle [A] kind of [Bb] motion [C] as it [D] _ moves across the [C] land.
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[Gm] And our hands [Ab] unclenched and open, _ [Ab] gifts of life and love [Cm] it _ [Gbm] brings.
_ [G] So keep your hand wide open _ [C] if you're needing _ [G] _ _ anything. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ Throw it away, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ give _ _ _ [D] your love, _
[C] live your [G] life, _ _ each [B] and [Eb] every day.
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[Fm] And keep your [C] hand wide open, _ _ [F] and let [Fm] the sun shine [Gb] through,
_ _ [G] cause you can never lose a thing if it [Cm] belongs _ to _ you. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ There's [G] a natural _ _ _ obligation _ _ to what we own [Cm] and claim,
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_ _ [G] _ _ possessing and belonging to, _ _ _ _ acknowledging [C] a _ name.
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So keep [G] your [Ab] hand wide open [C] _ if you're [G] needing love [Ab] _ [Gbm] today,
_ cause [G] you can't lose it even if [Ab] you [G] throw it [Cm] all away.
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_ [Eb] You can [C] throw it away, _ _ _ _ [Gb] give your _ [Dm]
love, [Em] live your [G] life, _ _ each [Ebm] and every day. _
_ [Ab] And keep your hand _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] wide open, and let the sun shine [Db] through,
cause [G] you can never lose a thing if it _ belongs [C] to [E] you.
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_ _ _ [B] You can never [C] lose a thing [G] if it belongs [Cm] to you. _ _
[G] You can never _ lose [B] a thing [D] if it [G] _ belongs [Gb] to you.
[Cm] You can _ [Em] never ever [D] lose a [G] [D] thing _
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if _ _ _ it [Ab] _
_ _ _ belongs _ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ you.
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