Chords for Bridget St John -[01]- A Day A Way

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_ [A] _ _ [G] We ran away for a day from the city, smiled through the rain as we rode to the sea
_ _ Left behind all of the tired Sunday faces, happy at last to be just you and me _
[Am] And the traffic was [Bb] lazy and no one would [G] hurry, we thought we would never get by
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[G] But in time we were out of the slow city [C] suburbs, [G] onto the road that reached out for the sea
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_ _ [C] _ [G] The fields were all battlefields, spattered [E] with trees, like [G] tired, petted scarecrows bent over their knees _
_ And the leaves made [E] the litter and covered the land, lost [G] autumn confetti, a patchwork unscanned _ _
And the [E] wind scrawled [Bb] Elaine through the stubble and [G] stayed with us all the way [C] down to the shore _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ Where [G] the sea growled before us and [C] spread out her hands as she [G] ploughed through the pebbles to grab at the sand _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ [G] We ran to the beach with the withering [D] wind and scrabbled [G] for shells and mysterious _ fins
_ Hurled stones at the waves, fed our feet to the tide, she rose up to take us but we left her side _ _
[Am] Then the day had to end, [Gm] though we wanted to play [G] there forever, we [C] wished we could stay
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[G] And we combed out the spray from our sea-tangled [C] hair and [D] left for the city _ _
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