Throw It Away Chords by Abbey Lincoln

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