Something Very Special chords by Gordon Lightfoot

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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She was something very special to me
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The kind of girl you'd like to see
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In a movie or a rosary
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She could be straight-laced or homespun
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Or free and easy on the run
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She could be meek and mild or full of fun

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Verse 2:
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She liked country lanes and aeroplanes
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And cigarettes would make her strange
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And when she wanted you she made it plain
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She would never say where she came from
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It didn't seem that she had anyone
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To answer to or dwell upon

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Verse 3:
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She liked candlelight and good wine
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And I would call her any time
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Of day or night, she didn't mind
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There was nothing that I wouldn't do
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To prove to her my love was true
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And she gave to me a dream or two

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Verse 4:
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There were times when she would never appear
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For days on end she'd disappear
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But now the days have turned to years
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 I was something she could use
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Like a good friend or a pair of shoes
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Or any kind of good news

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Verse 5:
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Now the eastern sky is crimson and red
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As I lie here in my lonely bed
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And think about the things she said
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She said, "Darling, there will come a day
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When I must run far away
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I will go, my love, but you must stay"

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Verse 6:
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She departed in the early spring
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She didn't leave me anything
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To follow or to find her
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She was something very special to me
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The kind of girl you'd like to see
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In a movie or a rosary

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