Empty Chairs Tab by Don Mclean
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To: jamesb@nevada.edu
Subject: TAB: Empty Chairs - Don McLean
>From FRANCIS@gribb.hsr.no (Wilhelmsen, Lee F. 8-95 )
Subject: TAB: Don McLean
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 11:41:41 GMT
Empty chairs Don McLean
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Note: The 1st, 2nd and 3rd chorus and verse are not identical.
Intro:
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1st verse:
I feel the trembling tingle of the sleepless night...
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1st Chorus:
And I wonder if you know...
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Until you did...
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would...
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2nd verse
Moonlight used to bath the contors of your face...
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2nd Chorus:
And I wonder if you know...
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Until you did...
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would... Never thought...
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3rd verse.
Morning comes and morning goes ...
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3rd Chorus:
And I wonder if you know...
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Until you did...
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would...
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transcribed by:
Lee Francis Wilhelmsen
francis@GRIBB.hsr.no
francis@hsr.no
19(C)94
