Chords for Laura Veirs - Don't Lose Yourself

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I felt my [Abm] vocal cords weakening, [B] I felt my [E] concave clots, _ I felt my [Abm] voluntary blindness
[B] _ staring straight [E] into the sun.
The moment the air [Abm] of your eye passed, [B] called me [E] across the room. _
I clung there and danced [Abm] with you, smiling, _
[B] admired your [E] divine tattoo. _
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We slept in the shadow of a [Abm] cedar tree, [B] we made love on the [E] rising tide.
We smelled the perfume [Abm] of a waxing moon, [B] we dreamt of old [E] friendship times. _
We touched the [Ab] blood of a black cat, [B] pet the nap dog [E] of deer.
In the flickering light we were [Abm] laughing, _
[B] _ necessity [E] conquered _ fear.
Don't lose [Abm] yourself, _ _ [B] don't let yourself [E] be _ _ _
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lost.
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_ Dreaming of your [Abm] stones and black _ [B] stillness, dreaming of the death [E] of the sun. _ _
Waking to a world of [Abm] white blindness [B] in the eyes of [E] holy ones.
The path of the world [Abm] was before us, [B] and the discipline [E] of the witnesses. _
We last and last [Abm] all the time, dear, [B] look, at the mess we [E] are in.
Don't lose _ [Abm] yourself, _ _ [B] don't let yourself [E] be _ _ _
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Staring at the [Abm] entrance to the mind, [B] I prayed for your wounds [E] to close. _
Hide your [Ab] ointment and a [Abm] cosmic collision and the crucifixion of [E] the rose. _
Don't lose _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ yourself, [Abm] _ _ _
[B] don't let _ yourself [E] be _ lost.
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[B] _ _ _ _ [E] Don't _ _ lose _ [Abm] yourself, _ _ [B] don't let yourself [E] be lost. _
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