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Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Allelu, allelu:
            AmI (x02210@1)have died happy,
E (022100@1)   G (320003@1)    Fand (133211@1)lived to tell the tale to you.
                 AmI (x02210@1)have slept for forty years,
E (022100@1)   G (320003@1)           Fand (133211@1)woke to find me gone.
        Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)        FI (133211@1)woke safe and warm in your arms.
        C (x32010@1)  (C7)
In your arms
F (133211@1)    DmYour (xx0231@1)arms
    G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1) B/CIn (134442@1)your arms
Am (x02210@1)  E (022100@1)     G (320003@1)   FNot (133211@1)informed of the natural law,
                   Am (x02210@1)         Esquatting, (022100@1)lordly, on a stool, in a stall,
G (320003@1)         Fwe (133211@1)spun gold clear out of straw.
               Am (x02210@1)       EAnd, (022100@1)when our bales of bullion
     Gwere (320003@1)stored,
   Fyou (133211@1)burned me like a barn.
          Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)     FI (133211@1)burned safe and warm in your arms.
         C (x32010@1)  (C7)
In your arms
F (133211@1)    
Your arms
Dm (xx0231@1)	   A (x02220@1)  
I'm afraid of the Big Return.
D (xx0232@1)      C#/D          Bm (x24432@1)     GThere's (320003@1)a certain conversation lost,
         F# (244322@1)       Band (x2444x@1)that loss incurred
     Dwith (xx0232@1)nobody remaining,
    E (022100@1)     Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)        Ato (x02220@1)register who had passed this way,
       Din (xx0232@1)the night,
D (xx0232@1)    C#/D          Bmin (x24432@1)the middle of the night
   G (320003@1)          F# (244322@1)             B7(negating (x21202@1)their grace and their sight),
     D (xx0232@1)                 Etill (022100@1)only I remember, or mark,
       Am (x02210@1)    Ehow (022100@1)we had our talk:
   G (320003@1) FWe (133211@1)took our ride,
                  Amso (x02210@1)that there was no-one home,
E (022100@1)              Gand (320003@1)the lights of Rome
Fflickered (133211@1)and died.
And, what's more,
   Am (x02210@1)              EI (022100@1)believe that you knew it, too;
G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)             
I think you saw their flares,
            Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)  Fand (133211@1)kept me safely unawares,
   C (x32010@1)  (C7)
in your arms.
   F (133211@1)   DmIn (xx0231@1)your arms
   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1) B/CIn (134442@1)your arms.
   Am (x02210@1)     E (022100@1)      G (320003@1)           FThe (133211@1)grass was tall, and strung with burrs,
                     AmI (x02210@1)essayed that high sashay which,
E (022100@1)                Gin (320003@1)my mind, was my way;
Fyou (133211@1)hung behind, in yours.
		   Am (x02210@1)       EAnyhow, (022100@1)she did not neigh.    
I do not know
G (320003@1)          Fwhat (133211@1)drew our eyes to hers;
      Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)      Fthat (133211@1)little black mare did not stir,
     C (x32010@1)          Ftill (133211@1)I lay down in your arms.

Dm (xx0231@1)                   A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)Poor old dirty little dog-size horse!?
C#/D    Bm (x24432@1) Gswaying (320003@1)and wheezing,
    F# (244322@1)       Bas (x2444x@1)a matter of course;
D (xx0232@1)          Eswaying (022100@1)and wheezing,
     Am (x02210@1)      Bbas (x1333x@1)a matter of pride.
    A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)      C#/D        BmThat (x24432@1)poor old nag, not four palms wide,
   G (320003@1)      F# (244322@1)   B7had (x21202@1)waited a long time,
D (xx0232@1)       Ecoated (022100@1)in salt,
        

         Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    A (x02220@1)             Dbuckled (xx0232@1)like a ship run foul of the fence.
D (xx0232@1)   C#/D           BmIn (x24432@1)the middle of the night,
              Gshe'd (320003@1)sprung up,
   F# (244322@1)      Bno (x2444x@1)provenance,
D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)           Ambearing (x02210@1)the whites of her eyes.
    Bb (x1333x@1)      
And you, with your
   A (x02220@1)               D'arrangement' (xx0232@1)with Fate,
       C#/D           Bmnodded (x24432@1)sadly at her lame assault
 G (320003@1) F# (244322@1)          Bon (x2444x@1)that steady old gate,
D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)          Am (x02210@1)  Eher (022100@1)faultlessly etiolated fishbelly-face;
G (320003@1)     Fthe (133211@1)muzzle of a ghost.
                    AmAnd, (x02210@1)pretty Johnny Appleseed,
Evia (022100@1)satellite feed,
G (320003@1)          
tell us, who was it
     Fthat (133211@1)you then loved the most?
              AmPretty (x02210@1)Johnny Appleseed,
E (022100@1)                 Gleave (320003@1)a trail that leads
Fstraight (133211@1)back down to the farm.
Lay me down
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)           Fsafe (133211@1)and warm in your arms. 
      Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)  AIn (x02220@1)your arms.