Finally, Love Poem Chords by Alix Olson

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Living, they have [Bb] learned, can be both sloppy and [F] precise, and so you choose your careful
witness [Gm] to your silly little [F] life.
_ You begin to trace each other's journeys, you begin [Bb] to chart each other's pace, you
start [F] to notice all the sweetness in the details of their [G] ways. _ _
[F] _ Because loving they are learning seeks a language of [Bb] solace.
It speaks [F] volumes about tomorrow when you're fluent in forgiveness.
_ _ [G] And sometimes, [F] only sometimes, they begin to wonder [C] what their [G] ten-year-old selves might
have said to one another.
_ [F] Maybe something like, I'm [Bb] sorry, I won't be [F] with you through [C] the sadness.
_ [F] _ Like if I could be your axis, I [Bb] would spin you past the madness.
[F] Like I wish I had the wingspan to just [Gm] soar you to what's after.
[F] Like I wish I could just swoop you up and wrap you in my [Bb] laughter. _
[F] Like I wish I could return you to this earth with just my [Gm] palm.
Like if my [F] palm could be your satellite, your job to just hold [Bb] on. _ _
[F] _ But your survival will be grace-making.
[Gm] _ Yes, your [F] arrival will be breathtaking.
And I will be here [C] when you [Gm] beat fear, when [Dm] you reach here, when you find [F] me. _ _
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[C] _ _ Because [F] sometimes there's a you on a skateboard, [Bb] _ sometimes [F] there's a me on a sloped curb. _
Sometimes familiar [G] becomes magic, [F] sometimes magic needs distance.
Sometimes space is what [Bb] shapes it, and the [F] shape is not instant.
Sometimes the horizon's [G] surprising, and the [F] view is worth risking.
And the risk is a long wait, but [Bb] this girl is [F] persistent. _ _ _ _
Sometimes a future just [G] means that each [F] day is worth finding.
And this day is a [Bb] presence, and this [F] moment is shining. _ _
Sometimes [G] her prayers are just [F] soothing.
_ _ Sometimes her face is just [Bb] lovely.
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Years, [G] _ years [F] spent searching. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ Sometimes [F] people get lucky.
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