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A Year chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

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

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

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

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

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

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