Footprint Music & Lyrics: Neil Bartram
(Carter) (REV: (REV: 5/23/14)
Easy folk/pop
q = 188 CARTER: 2
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So you' you're re G
A/G
A m/G
G
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cruis - ing a - long G
at col
9
7
lege. A/G
First
se - mes - ter wind - ing A m/G
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fi - nal - ly o G
-
ver
"First A/G
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11
Se - mes
-
down.
And And you' you're re G
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ter Shock".
Now the A m(b5) /G
G
D /F
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ho - li - days E m7
are
ap -proach
ing, E m7/D
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sol - id G/B
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-
so
it's
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back to your A/C
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ground.
Your
old
town.
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fam - i - ly.
Your
C add9
Back
to
C m6
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rock. C add9/D
Yeah, there's
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no - thing like G
head -ing
home
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pho - to - graphs G
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ward A/G
to
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in
your mem
'ry A/G
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clear the men - tal fog. A m/G
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nev - er
The G
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blur.
So you're A m(b5)/G
G
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think - ing a - bout E m7
your par
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fro - zen in G/B
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-
ents, E m7/D
your sis - ter
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Beth A/C
and Spike,
head
They're C m6
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your
your dog.
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the way
they
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were.
Cause there's a D/C
C add9/D
C add9
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foot - print G/B
you
left C add9
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core of your A m(add11)
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there.
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In - del G/D
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i
-
den
ti - ty, G/B
i - ble
and B 7/D
deep. Em
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the
prin - ci - ples A/C
It's the E m7/D
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you
keep. C add9 /D
Your D/C
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foot - print. G/B
Your
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his - to - ry. C add9
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run to hug A m(add11)
your
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yell G/D
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week." G
It's
par
your
ents, G/B
dad A/C
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who G/D
and Beth calls C 6/E
are.
says, A m(b5) /C
So you Em
E m7/D
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you a
geek,
and when you C m6 /E
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"Son, A m(add11)
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A/G
you B 7/D
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for Spike,
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we
had to D 7sus
put
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A m/G
G
him down
last
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So you G
A m/G
A/G
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3
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find your - self G
back
at col
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lege. A/G
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Kind of
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shak - en. A m/G
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quick - ly swept G
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-
up
room - mate who hogs E m7
by fresh - man
o - kay. G
And you're
A m(b5) /G
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- room, E m7/D
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year.
A/G
the bath
But
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a - gain
3
G
G
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a new
There's your D/F
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pa - per due A/C
each
day,
and your C m6
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part G/B
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time
job
as
a
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cam - pus
store
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cash - ier.
Then it's C add9/D
C add9
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sud - den - ly G
spring
va - ca
-
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tion, A/G
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home you go A m/G
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hard to be - lieve G
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and it's
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see that E m7
have come
- way, E m7/D
And it's G
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and gone.
A/G
You A m(b5)/G
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fa - mil - iar drive
more.
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that months
3
once
G
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and you
D/F
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o - pen that A/C
front
door,
with that C m6
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o G/B
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ver - whelm - ing
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feel - ing
com - ing
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on.
There's D/C
C add9/D
C add9
a
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foot - print G/B
you
here.
Your
ma - nent
and
real.
B 7/D
an - chor. G/B
Un
-
his - to - ry. C add9
bend A/C
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-
a - ble,
like
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It's
It's your E m7/D
Em
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Your
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Per G/D
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foot - print. G/B
left C add9
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con - stant. A m(add11)
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who G/D
steel. C add9 /D
Your D/C
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you B 7/D
are.
And the Em
E m7/D
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place looks A m(add11)
so
in - vit
-
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ing. G/B
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It's
ev - 'ry - thing C 6/E
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"Where's my G/D
sis
-
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ter?"
Your
mom A/C
you'd
says, A m(b5) /C
hoped.
You ask, C m6 /E
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"Dear... A m(add11)
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loped." G
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Beth and D 7sus
her
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boy
-
friend
e -
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You'd A/G
G
A m/G
G/B
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like G/C
to
think
you're en - light - ened. G/B
3
You like G/C
to
be - lieve that you're
flex - i - ble and add9 C /E /D
cool.
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Sure,
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A/C
things will change while G/B
A m(b5) /C
A/C
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But you A m(b5)/C
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wor - ry
the foun - da
A m(add11)
C m6 /E
at
less
de-pend
-
school. Em
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G/B
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some - how G/B
you're a - way B/D
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135
is
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tion you've been
root - ed C 6/E
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a - ble,
C add9
is
to
so
long
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sud- denly A/C
less
strong.
At C add9 /D D/C
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3
least y ou're not G/C
like
a
tad - pole. G/B
One of G/C
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3
three thou - sand
eggs C add9 /E
his
mom
un - loads. /D
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Who
nev - er G/B
A m(b5) /C
A/C
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gets
like
No. G/B
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his par - ent
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toads.
Yeah. At A 7sus
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You've still
got
your foot
C add9
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mat. A m7 5
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Em
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that.
A m(add11)
to know B/D
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least you're not
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157
A7
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- print A/C
on that thread- bare wel -come G/D
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And a place to hang your hat. D 7sus(13) D 7sus
So your
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life hums G
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a - long
at col
lege, A/G
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and your
wor - ries slow - ly dim. A m/G
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Op -por G
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tu - ni - ties to G
go
home
be - come
more
A m(b5) /G
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has a brand new hair
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-
do, E m7/D
and your
vin - tage
Chev - ro - let
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bed - room's A/C
now
a gym.
Your C m6
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Bel
You hear your D/F
G
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dad bought a G/B
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rare.
A/G
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mom E m7
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Air.
Then your C add9/D
C add9
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soph - 'more and jun - ior clas G
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- ses A/G
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dis - ap - pear be - fore A m/G
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your eyes.
And you're G
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think - ing a - bout G
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a
life
these
is
now
your best
A m(b5)/G
Your lat - est
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all
the
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pa - per A/C
won
a prize.
cam
-
pus
You now C m6
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col - lege
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stores.
Still there's D/C
C add9/D
C add9
Your old D/F
G
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friend. E m7/D
3
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doors.
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man - age G/B
be - yond A/G
3
room - mate E m7
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a
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foot - print G/B
you
cling C add9
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to.
It's
some - thing G/D
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you
can't B 7/D
shake.
A Em
E m7/D
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need that A m(add11)
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won't
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di - min - ish. G/B
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foot - print. G/B
Your
It's
C add9
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home's a place A m(add11)
of
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com
your
par A/C
that
will
not
break.
fort. G/B
Where
who G/D
no-thing's C 6/E
you B 7/D
are. Em
ents, A m(b5)/C
ev - er
forced.
Then o - ver C m6 /E
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they A m(add11)
And E m7/D
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-
Your C add9 /D D/C
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with
bond A/C
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his - to - ry.
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din - ner G/D
A
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3
tell you they're get - ting D 7sus
di -
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vorced. G
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A 7/G
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Then you G
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A 7/G
Slightly slower 221
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3
have G/C
a
calm
re - ve
-
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There G/C
la - tion. G/B
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as your world
seems to
blow up C add9 /E
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in
your /D
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face. A/C
A m(b5) /C
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You
see
that
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foot - prints G/B
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don't
A7
C add9
path
root - ed, they will A/C
D 7sus(13)
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that
lies
a - head. D 7sus
one
place. Em
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in
the
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just
life
you've
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mul - ti - ply and G/D G/B
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led.
But G/B
A m(add11)
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they're not firm - ly
in
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They're
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be - long B 7/D
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A 7sus
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spread.
On the A m7 5
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Yes, D/C
your
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foot - print G/B
goes
with C add9
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fam - 'ly you A m(add11)
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you.
It's
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some - thing you don't G/D B 7/D
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were
with,
to the
G/B
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Your
lose. Em
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born
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foot - print. G/B
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fam - 'ly A/C
that
you
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his
-
C add9
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to - ry.
It's
From the E m7/D
who G/D
choose. Your C add9 /D D /C
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you B 7/D
are. Em
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And A 7sus
A7
the
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u - ni - verse gets larg A m(add11)
thing
cos - mos C 6/E
chang
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will ex - pand. C m6 /E
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-
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But
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es:
A/C
G/D
Rit. 272
and the
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nev - er
3
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- er, G/B
3
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one
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Colla voce 273
3
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Your foot - print A m(add11)
3
is
right
where
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you
stand.
D 7sus
Tempo 276
G
277
A/G
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A m/G
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G
