John Prine steve goodman Souvenirs Chords

Back out.
It's time to bring me out and report on this floor.
Sleek building, come on back out. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ snow has turned [C] to white. _
_ _ [D] Christmas day is just coming [G] along. _
_ _ Broken toys and [C] faded colors.
_ _ [D] _ There's hours left to [G] linger on. _
_ _ I hate [C] graveyards and old pawn shops.
_ _ [D] Oh, they [G] always bring me tears. _
I _ can't forgive the way [C] they robbed me _ _ [D] _ of my childhood [G] souvenirs.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ Memories that [G] can't be bought.
_ [D] It can't be won, or conquered, [G] or free.
_ _ [D] Well, it took me years [G] to get those souvenirs.
And I don't [C] know how they slept away [D] from me.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ hearts and [C] dirty windows.
_ _ [D] The middle life, there's a [G] crook to say.
_ _ _ _ That's why last night [C] and this morning, _ _ [D] _ I always looked the [G] same to me.
_ _ _ I hate reading [C] old love letters.
_ _ [D] _ Oh, they always [G] bring me tears.
_ I can't forgive the [C] way they robbed me _ _ [D] _ of my sweetheart [G] souvenirs.
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Memories that [G] can't be bought.
_ _ [D] It can't be won, or conquered, [G] or free.
_ _ [D] Well, it took me years [G] to get those souvenirs.
[C] And I don't know how they slept away [D] from me.
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_ [N] _ I'm _ _ [Em] _ _
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gonna tell everybody I [C] see [G] just how much you mean to me.
I'm your boy, and I'm gonna talk all about the beautiful [D] way [G] you are.
[C] Make everybody sad and blue, [G] because they can't spend their lives with you.
Tell all the fish that swim in the sea.
Tell all the boats in the Queen's Navy.
[C] Say it real quiet, say it out loud.
[G] Say it in private, say it in a crowd.
Read it to the blind, show it to the deaf.
Look in the mirror, tell myself [C] that no one has ever known a love so true.
[G] And one of these days, whatever I do, [C] I'm gonna have to find a way to tell you [G] that
you're the girl I love. _ _ _ _
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[G] I'm gonna tell everybody [C] I [G] see just how much you mean to me.
Travel this world from pole to pole, telling everybody about your beautiful [C] soul.
And to whom it may concern, [G] all those other boys will have to wait their turn.
Say it every night and every day of the year.
Tell it to people that don't wanna hear.
[C] Tell all the birds way up in the trees.
[G] Tell it to the judge and the chief of police.
Tell all those I told you so's just where they can pin that rose.
[C] Read it to the good book up on the shelf.
[G] And at the risk of repeating myself, no one has ever known a love so true.
One of these days, whatever I do, I'm gonna have to find a way to [C] tell [G] you
that [D] you're the [G] girl I love. _ _ _ _ _
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