Dear Doctor chords

[E] Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged.
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There's a pain where there once was [A] a heart.
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[E] It's sleeping, [G].
[E] it's abating, [D] can't you please [A] tear it out?.
[E] And preserve it [A] right there in [C] that [E] jar.
Oh help me, please mama, I'm sickening.
It's the day, that's the day [A] of the plunge.
[Em] [E] Oh the gal I'm to marry [D] is a four [A]-legged slouch.
I've been [E] soaking [A] up drink like a [E] .
sponge.
Don't you worry, get dressed, cried my mother.
as she plied me with bourbon [A] so sour.
[E] Well you're sizing up, put your suit on, [D] comb your long [A] hair down.
[E] for you will [A] be wet in [E] the hour.
So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged.
There's a pain where there once [A] was a heart.
[E] I'm sleeping, it's abating, [D] can't you please [A] take it out?.
And [E] preserve it [A] right there in [E] that jar.
Yep!
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[Am] [F#] .
[Bm] [A] Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged.
There's a pain where there once [D] was a heart.
[A] It's sleeping, it's abating, [G] can't you please [D] tear it out?.
[A] And preserve it [D] right there in [A] that jar.
I was trembling as I put on my jacket.
It had creases as sharp [D] as a knife.
I [A] put the ring in my pocket, [G] but there was a [D] note.
[A] in my heart, it [D] jumped into [A] my mouth.
It read,.
Darling, it hurts you to speak to your [D] face,.
but [A] I'm down in Virginia [G] with your [D] cousin Lou.
[A] There'll be [D] no wedding [A] today.
So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged.
You can put back my heart, [D] it is old.
[A] Oh mama, I'm crying, [G] .
tears [D] are running.
[A] and my heart is [D] now under [A] control.
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