A Lover In Berlin Chords by Kari Bremnes

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_ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _
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_ _ _ _ Once I had a [C#] lover in [G#] Berlin
[B] sat [C#] _ a frail [B] old [C#] woman at the table [B] next to mine
[G#] his voice was [B] like an [C#] ancient violin
[G#] _ _ _ and he spoke to [B] me that [F#] voice, [G#] that voice
[B] _ I believe they [C#] call it fun for [A] a man
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[D] but this falling made [C#m] me fly
left me soaring [C#] for the sky
[B] there wasn't [C#] anyone _
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ who would trade [C#m] this passion
[Bm] for the safety of [C#] dry land
[A] but [C#m] I'm _ [D] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] not here _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ and [F#m] we knew we [B] had to [C#] travel [F#m] far away
[C#] _ _
[F#] we [G#] knew we had [B] to [C#m] disappear [A] where no one [B] else could [F#m] find us
a sailing ship would take us [F#] from [G#] the bay
[B] _ [C#] _ its sails would [B] fill [C#] with an [A] offshore wind [Bm] to blind us
[G#m] we gambled [C#] our security, the future [F#m] for the now
sailed [G#] off toward the storm, _ [B] safety [C#] cast aside
[G#m] we'd gone [C#] below [E] adressin
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[D] but who [C#m] could tame the tidal [Bm] wave and tell it where [C#] to go?
[A] not I, _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] not you
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[C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C#] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
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_ [G#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _
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Reality [Bm] then [C#m] brought it to an end
once I had a lover in [C#] Berlin
sat a frail old [B] woman [C#] _ shaking underneath [B] her [C#] hat
[F#m] a decent [B] set of values [F#] is no friend
_ [B] _ [C#] _ [F#m] its reason [B] now that [C#m] blinds us
peace, belief _ [D#m] and [Bm] passion [C#] is [F#m] meant to be _ [Bm] _ stealed
[D] purity [C#m] _
alone [Bm] won't fill a [C#] ship's white [G#] sails
life [C#] will sometimes bring [F#] what we [E] most [C#] feared
[F#m] and who could ever [C#m] say [Bm] when to go or [C#] when to [A] stay?
not you, _ _
_ [D] not we, _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] not I
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