Vikla Inn I Blått Chords by Tom Roger Aadland

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[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] Early in the [B] morning when the sun was [E] shining, I was lying and [Bm] thinking
[E] About her hair, [B] and she was [A] afraid that there were changes to come
[E] You said that I would regret the prayer [Bm] that I took
[E] It was like my [Bm] mother's son, [A] because he didn't have enough on his book
[B] And I [C#m] stood there by the [E] edge and saw [A] that it was raining
_ [B] I had [C#m] thought to myself, I'm older and I have [A] paid for [F#m] everything I have gotten
[D] White [E] line in blue
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[E] She was [B] married and met with a divorce, [E] soon she would [Bm] be free
[E] I probably helped [Bm] her out, [A] but I took it a little too hard
[E] We drove the [B] car as far as we [E] could, sat there [Bm] all dressed in [E] white
The sign [Bm] said, in a dark sadness, [A] that it was best
[B] She turned around [C#m] and looked at [E] me while [A] I was walking by
[B] I heard [C#m] her say, where should [E] we meet, [A] standing in a gate [F#m] when time has [D] passed
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[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] I had a job [B] in the forest north [E] of Harberet in [Bm] Samkopp
[E] But I didn't like [Bm] it very much, [A] and one day I had had enough
[E] So I drove [Bm] slowly over [E] until I arrived in a [Bm] port town
[E] I worked [Bm] for a while on a fishing boat [A] that went out to the Morgongry
[B] But soon I [C#m] was stuck in a [E] hole and I didn't have [A] any courage
[B] I met [C#m] many women, but [E] I couldn't [A] forget her
She [F#m] got me broken, [D] white line [E] in blue
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[Bm] _ [E] She worked [B] at a topless [E] bar, I came in for a drink
I sat [Bm] there staring [A] at her, she looked so happy
[E] Later, [Bm] when it was quiet, [E] it was quiet in [B] my house
I [E] stood by the chair [A] and said, I don't know you
[B] I muttered [C#m] something, I can [E] do a lot of research [A] and read
[B] I [C#m] felt like it was time to go, so I went [A] to school [F#m] in the same yard
[D] White [E] line in blue
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[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ She lit [B] a pipe in the oven [E] and asked [Bm] me for a drink
[E] I didn't care, I said, [A] if she had written a formal letter
[E] She opened [Bm] a book with [E] poems and was in my hand
She wrote [Bm] some poems in [A] Italian, so calm and true
[B] She [C#m] rattled it like a [E] cauldron and made [A] me so mad
[B] It strained [C#m] on each side [E] as if it were in [A] my soul
[F#m] It should have been, [D] white [E] line in blue
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[Bm] _ _ [E] met you [Bm] at a Danish [E] class in a cellar [Bm] in a [E] staircase
Lifted [Bm] the door of [A] the revolution, the poet sang about war
[E] Then [B] he started with slave [E] trade and drugs [Bm] in his will
[E] She had [Bm] to sell everything [A] she had and a new wife as well
[B] And when the bottom [C#m] fell completely, [E] I pulled [A] myself together
[B] The only [C#m] thing I knew how to do was [E] to hold on, [A] hold on
And [F#m] I became [D] white, white [E] line in blue
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[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [E] So now [Bm] I have to go there, [E] I have to get her [B] on a visa
[E] All of [B] you who are known [A] before you are gone, now you are a visa
[E] Some [Bm] are professors, [E] some are [Bm] with knives
[E] I don't know how [B] it all started, I [A] don't know what gave me life
[B] But I'm [C#m] still under [E] growth, I don't know, I [A] don't get peace
[B] We knew [C#m] each other, we were [E] together, it fell to me
[F#m] A cauldron, white [E] line in blue
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