Chords for Tom Verlaine - Without a word

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[E] I've been given a fortune, [A] _ a fortune [E] in life
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_ [E] So spoke Laura [A] [Am] as she closed [E] her eyes
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_ [A] _ One by one, _
[C#m] _ the lights are going out _
_ [F#m] _ Names are forgotten, _
_ [B] there's [A] darkness [G#m] in the house
So [E] _ _ Laura [Am] came to the water [E] _ without [Am] a word on her lip
_ [E] So Laura [Am] came to the water
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_ [E] Where is the fellow [A] _ [Am] who knows her [E] by heart?
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[E] Who cares not a thing [Am] for those dealing [E] in part?
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_ [A] _ Well there comes a coolness [C#m] to the palm of her _ hand
[F#m] _ As she watches the lily _
_ [B] _ [A] blooming [G#m] in the sand
[E] _ _ So Laura [Am] came to the water [E] _ without [Am] a word on her grip
[E] So Laura [Am] came to the water
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_ [E] So Laura [Am] came to the water [E] _ without [Am] a word on her grip
[E] _ So Laura [Am] came to the water
[B] _ So _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Laura [Am] came to the [E] water _ without [Am] a word on her grip
[E] _ So Laura [Am] _ came to the [E] water _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] without a lip
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[E] Without a lip
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