Intro: F#m7 - Bm7 - E - C#m7
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Clair, the moment I met you, I swear.
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I felt as if something, somewhere,
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Had happened to me, which I couldn't see.
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And then, the moment I met you, again.
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I knew in my heart that we were friends.
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It had to be so, it couldn't be no.
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But try as hard as I might do, I don't know why.
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You get to me in a way I can't describe.
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Words mean so little when you look up and smile.
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I don't care what people say, to me you're more than a child.
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Oh Clair. Clair
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Clair
Bm7 E
If ever a moment so rare
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Was captured for all to compare.
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That moment is you in all that you do.
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But why in spite of our age difference do I cry.
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Each time I leave you I feel I could die.
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Nothing means more to me than hearing you say,
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"I'm going to marry you. Will you marry me? Oh hurray!"
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Oh Clair Clair
(Solo) Gm - Cm7 - F - Bb - Gm - D
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Clair, I've told you before "Don't you dare!"
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"Get back into bed."
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"Can't you see that it's late."
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"No you can't have a drink."
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"Oh aright then, but wait just a minute."
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While I, in an effort to babysit, capture my breath,
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What there is left of it.
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You can be murder at this hour of the day.
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But in the morning the sun will see my lifetime away.
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Oh Clair Clair
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Oh Clair