The Lovers Chords by Rod Mckuen

[F#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Up from the [Bm] pastures of _ boredom, _ out from the [F#] sea of _ discontent,
_ _ They come in packs like hungry [F#m] _ _
[Em] hounds, _ _ _ the seekers _ of _ the dark [D] _ _ enchantment.
[G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ They haunt [G] the [D] boulevards and bars, [Em] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ they pray to [G] [A] wishing wells [D] and stars,
[Em] _ [A] _ _ [D]
They [G] ride the [A] hurricane of [D] hope, [G] not looking [A] back, but [Em] on they go,
[A] _
[Em] _ _ _ Toward [A] the [G] distance and [D] deceiving, [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
and all [E] the while [A] they keep [Em] believing,
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ That they [A] are [G] special and [D] _ apart, [G] _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ the [G] lovers, _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
the lovers of the _ [A] heart. _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] The lovers.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ And when [G] they [A] pair off two [D] by two, [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ they feel [A] they are the [D] chosen few,
[G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ And though their beds are made of straw, they [Em] feel like [A] _ [Em] velvet in the [A] night.
[Em] _ _
_ And so the night is [Bm] never [D] _
ending, [G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ it's [Em] made of [A] distance and [Em] pretending,
_ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ Because they're special and [D] _ _ [G] apart, [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ the [Em] lovers, [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ the lovers of the _ [A] heart. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] The lovers. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And when love goes [D] away, _ _ and when love [Bm] _ _
_ [F#] goes, _ _ _ _ [D] _
goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ Catches [A] in their throats like [G] cotton, _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ rises in their [E] _ [F#] hearts like [B] _ _ [Bm] rain,
_ _ _ [Em] The good _ _ _ _ times [C#] _ suddenly _
[E] are [F#] all _ [Bm] _ forgotten,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Cm] The hunt _ [D] begins _ again. _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ They [Em] search the [D] subways and the street, _ [G] _ [A] _ _
their faces tired [D] like their feet,
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ Their bodies aching to be warm, and so they hide [Em] behind the moon.
[A] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [Em] _
Their loneliness _ [D] inside them growing, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] but they [G] take [A] comfort in [Em] just knowing,
[A] _ _ [Bm] _
[Em] _ That [A] they are special [D] and apart, _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [Bm] _ [Em] the lovers, [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ the lovers [A] of the [B] _ [A] heart.
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] The lovers. _
_ _ _ And _ _ [D] when love comes again, _ _ and [Em] when love _ _ _ [F#]
comes, _ _ _ _ [F] _ [D] hello.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
Rises [A] from their throats [E] like _ [G] _ singing, [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
catches in [C#m] their _ [F#] hearts [Bm] like _ wind,
_ _ The [Em] good _ _ _ _ things [G] _ [C#] _ strangers [E] in their _ [F#]
arms [Bm] are bringing, _ _ _ _ _ makes _ _ _ [A] life _ _ [B] alright _ _ _ _
[D] _ again.
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [D] _
They turn their [Em] [D] faces to the _ [G]
light, [A] _ _ [D] no [Em] longer [D] hiding in the night,
[G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ So unashamed and unafraid that they [Em] can [A] face [Em] each other's [A] falls.
_ _ [Bm] _ [Em] And though the waltz [D] will have its ending, [G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] there's no [A] harm in just [Em] pretending,
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] That they [A] are special and [D] _ _ [G] apart, _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] the lovers, [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
the lovers of the _ [A] heart.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] The lovers.
[F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
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