Chords for Chi-Lites - When Toby Went Away

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I remember when we were [Db] kids.
_ [Ab] We shared all the _ [Eb] [Bbm] goodies.
_ _ [Ab] [Eb] No matter [Ab] what the world, that was the world,
that we were [Db] always [Ab] together.
Then we grew up, and with [Bbm] all, _ [Fm] _ [Db] we [C] became.
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_ [Db] When I went off to school, [Ebm] my [Db] sweet Toby waited.
I went off to school, [Ebm] my sweet [Ab] Toby waited.
It was a [Cm] sad [Ab] day, when Toby went [Db] away.
_ [Ab] Sad day, when Toby [Db] went away.
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_ [Db] came home from spring vacation,
[Ab] expected [Cm] to find my Toby [Ab] waiting.
[Ebm] Called her on [Gb] the phone,
she [Ab] didn't answer, something was wrong.
[Db] I ran home, and [C] _ [Bbm] when I got back,
[Ab] her [Gb] mother answered, and told [Db] me to come and sit her down.
I sat down to try to be prepared [Ebm] [Ab] for what she'd say.
[Db] And what she said brought tears to my eyes,
[Ebm] I [Ab] couldn't push away.
Toby left on a cloudy, _
[Db] rainy day.
[Ab] She went to sing with the [Eb] angels.
Toby's [Db] gone, [Ab] it [Eb] was a _ [Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] [Ab] sad day, it was a sad _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Eb] day,
it was a sad [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Db] [Ab] day, it was a sad _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Ab] day.
It was a sad day, _ when Toby went away.
[Db] [Ab] It was a sad day, when Toby went away.
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