Stray Chords by Calexico

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_ _ It [Am] rained [Gm] the whole day, spent at his lover's grave, _ _
[C] Said [Gm] his [D] goodbyes to her [Gm] family and friends, [Cm] _ Packed his things in [Gm] a rusted [A] car and rode
off in the [Gb] [Db] rain, [D] [Cm] He came upon a [Gm] church in [Dm] ruin with an old
man dwelling [Gm] within, _ _ _ [Gb] _ [E] _
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Said, [E] watch where you stray, you fern.
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_ Old men [C] spoke [Gm] of [D] meanings [Gm]
lost and without name,
_ Never shifting [Am] from their [Gm] worn and weathered place,
[Bm] _ [Cm] _ Was found [Gm] in the endless [A] search for truth [Eb] behind the [Bm] tale,
_ [Cm] Beneath the [Gm] ash and ember [Dm] lies only [D] one stone to [Gm] tell,
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[E] You [D] strayed, old friend. _ _ _
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It's a flower, _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Gm] so lovely to see, [A] _ _ [Eb] [C] He said, [Gm] _ _ _
it's a cold blossom,
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_ _ [Cm] Yet now for [Gm] all those flowers in [D] the [Gm] darkness of [D] poor [G] daylight.
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