Forever young (2003)

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C G C

1. Can you see the early morning chill,

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on the frost that covers this cold hill ?

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Can you hear the high and lonesome sound

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of shovels striking ground?

Am G C

2. Can you feel the earth begin to move

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as though Judgment Day had come too soon ?

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Can you taste the earth upon her lips,

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like one last, lover's kiss?

Am G C

3. Can you hear the wind begin to howl ?

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too late, too late, to turn back now.

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And the fiddle plays until it aches,

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and fills her resting place.

Am G C

4. Her mem'ry haunts his heart,

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her body burned its mark,

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her soul has flown from his embrace,

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no more to fear the dark.

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5. Oh, jealousy, where is thy sting ?

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Who knows the poison fruit you bring?

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But fools rush in where angels fear,

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and lose the love they hold most dear.

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6. We will watch him riding through the gates,

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to the prison cell that now awaits.

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He will never, no more, see the sun,

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and she will be forever young.

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He will never, no more, see the sun,

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and she will be forever young.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Janis Ian)