A Year chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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The only time I've seen you was about a year ago
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I was afraid to hold you but I wanted you to know
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I touched your tiny perfect hand before I went uptown
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I didn't pick you up because I'd have to put you down

Verse 2:
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For reasons that don't make much sense and you won't understand
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I've stayed away for your first year, it's sort of what I planned
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But I've been in your neighbourhood, sometimes just blocks away
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I didn't come to visit you because I couldn't stay

Bridge:
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There was a baby on a plane, maybe she was two
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And she was smiling at me I was not sure what to do
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I've kept my distance from you a year's much more than a while
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And so I looked away from her too ashamed to smile

Verse 3:
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When I saw you last year, I knew that there was no mistake
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Amazing things can happen why just look what life can make
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But life can get so hard sometimes some feelings can't be tamed
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And people get so angry frightened and ashamed

Verse 4:
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You've been a sort of secret for a year I've told but few
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Although I’m sure that where you are so many must love you
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And I've passed by your window but haven't dared look in
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