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The Dove by Desmond Dekker

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Tuning: E A D G B E

Intro:

 
G#m F# G#m E
G#m F# G#m F#
G#m G# E
 
Verse 1:
 
G#m     F#       E
All that I am tonight
C#m       B
I lay before you and I
 G#m     F#         E
Promise to do you right
G#m      F#      E
Looking at photographs
 C#m              B
Wishing upon the past
G#m       F#          E
Hoping that it will last

Chorus:
 
                  G#m  F#
Are we still in love?
               E
Are we still happy?
           C#m B
Was it ever so?
             G#m       F#       E
Were we ever meant to hold the dove?
 
[Solo]
 
G#m F# E
G#m  B
G#m F# E
 
Verse 2:
 
G#m         F#         E
We take a walk into the night
C#m          B           G#m
Maybe we'll get a little lost
 F#                          E
Our eyes are pointed to the stars
 
G#m         F#         E
And we both begin to dance
C#m          B           G#m
There isn't music in the air
               F#           E
But songs are buzzing everywhere
 
Chorus:
 
                  G#m
Are we still in love?
  F#            E
Are we still happy?
            C#m  B
Was it ever so?
              G#m     F#         E
Were we ever meant to hold the dove?
 
[Solo]
 
F# D# E
 
G#m  F#  E
The dove
C#m B G#m F# E
 
Verse 3:
 
G#m         F#         E
Observing the flickering of
C#m      B       G#m
How all the many suns
  F#              E
Twinkle the sky above
G#m       F#         E
Not one compares to you
C#m            B       G#m
They're only blinking lights
F#              E
You are the luminous view
 
Chorus:
 
                  G#m F#
Are we still in love?
              E
Are we still happy?
C#m         B
Was it ever so?
              G#m     F#         E
Were we ever meant to hold the dove?
 
Chorus:
 
                  G#m F#
Are we still in love?
               E
Are we still happy?
C#m         B
Was it ever so?
             G#m      F#         E
Were we ever meant to hold the dove?
 
Outro:
 
Emaj7 E B E
 
              G#m F#
Let us be in love
             E
Let us be stronger
 C#m         B
Than we ever were
 C#m           F#              E
Let us come together hold the dove