Chords for Those I've Loved

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I [Eb] remember waiting by [Fm] the curb with [Bb] Mr.
Murphy _ _
[F] When daddy picked me [Fm] up from school his [Bb] eyes were red
We [F] drove to the hospital [Gm] in a hurry
Where [Eb] my family [F] gathered round my grandpa's bed
He [Eb] was my best friend, [Bb] he taught me how to fish _
And I cried listening [Am] to my [Eb] daddy pray _
_ One of those [F] I've loved along [Bb] the way
She _ _ _ _ had a ribbon in [F] her hair the day [Bb] I met her
_ _ [Eb] That whole next year [F] we couldn't get [Bb] enough
_ _ [Eb] After graduation [F] she took [Gm] off for Denver
_ [Eb] And for a while we both tried to keep [F] in [C] touch
She [Eb] was my best friend and [Bb] it broke my heart
But I don't regret [F] the day that she [Eb] became
_ _ One of those [F] I've loved along [Bb] the way
And [F] I hope they know
I [Eb] never would have made it this [F] far on my own
_ [Eb] Cause where would we all be without [Bb] those fathers and [F]
mothers
[Gm] Sisters [F] and brothers, [Eb] friends I've made
[Gm] Long [F] lost lovers, [Eb] I wouldn't [F] be who I [Gm] am today
_ [Eb] If not for those [F] I've loved [Gm] along the way
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Along [Gm] the way
Now [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I'm [Fm] just a country boy [F] with a guitar
_ [Eb] Looking back down this [F] old road I've been traveling [Bb] on
_ [Eb] It was never about [F] trying to be [Gm] some big star
For _ [Eb] me it's always been about [F] these songs
[F] You [Eb] see they're my best friends, [Dm] they're the life I live
[Bb] _ And I hope they've put [F] a smile on [Bb] the face
_ _ Of those that [F] I've loved along [Gm] the way
_ [Eb] Cause I wouldn't be [F] the man I [Gm] am today
_ [Eb] If not for those [F] I've loved along [Gm] _ the way
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Oh, sweet [Gm] _ love
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_ Along [Gm] the way
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