October Chords by Callie Moore

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It's been 25 years and 11 days since I was last in the womb of a woman [Ab] celebrating her pain _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] But in her body she was carrying something else, an unwelcome guest
An intruder in a beautiful house
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[Eb] They say that cancer is a hard and stubborn man, but still he teaches us something that nobody else
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ I had a letter that she wrote me, but I couldn't read the cursive yet
So daddy stabbed me in his lap and he ran
And [Cm] what she said to me I didn't [Ab] really grasp it yet
And after all these years I finally [Cm] understand
That love will never [Eb] leave this place _ _
Oh, love will never leave this _ _ _
_ _ And though you came back and I wasn't her big child, I'd been so much better than to just be sweet _ _ _ _
_ _ But I guess I'm seeing this somehow because I know somewhere in this _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] Sitting in the emptiness [Eb] before the darkest room
You're fighting some great war, you feel you're [Ab] gone
[Cm] If I could find you in the [Eb] world of your greatest fit
I'd take you by the hand and I would say come on and stand up
I wanna see you live as long as something beautiful you have you give
Cause there is, _ _ [Ab] yeah there is
[Eb] _ Come on and stand up, let me see you see this through
Is all you've got somebody holding on to you
Cause you do, _ yeah you do
_ _ [Cm] No love will _ [Eb] stay, _ you [Cm] know love will never [Eb] leave this _
_ _ Stand up, I wanna see you live as long as something beautiful you have you give
Cause there [Cm] is, _ [Bb] yeah [Eb] there is
_ Come on [Cm] and stand up, let me see you see this [Eb] through
Is all you've got somebody holding on to you
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ No [Cm] love [Eb] will leave this place
_ No [Cm] love will never [Ab] leave _
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_ It's been seventeen years and a single day
Since the child that I was became the child that I still [Ab] am today _ _ _ _