Pictures of you
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D (2x)
A D
1. I’ve
been looking so long at these pictures of you,
A D
that
I almost believe that they’re real.
A D
I’ve been living so long with
my pictures of you,
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that
I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel.
A D
2. Remembering you standing quiet in the rain,
A D
as I
ran to your heart to be near,
A D
and
we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close,
A D
how I
always held close in your fear.
A D
3. Remembering you running soft through the night,
A D
you were
bigger and brighter and whiter than snow,
A D
and screamed
at the make-believe, screamed at the sky,
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and
you finally found all your courage to let it all go.
A D
4. Remembering you falling into my arms,
A D
crying
for the death of your heart,
A D
you
were stone white, so delicate, lost in the cold,
A D
you
were always so lost in the dark.
A D
5. Remembering you how you used to be,
A D
slow
drowned, you were angels, so much more than everything.
A D
Hold for the last time, then slip away,
A D
quietly
open my eyes, but I never see anything.
E D
+ If only I’d thought
of the right words,
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I could have held on to your
heart,
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D
if only I’d thought of the right words,
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A
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I wouldn’t be breaking apart all my pictures
of you.
A D
6. Looking so long at these pictures of you,
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but I
never hold on to your heart,
A D
looking
so long for the words to be true,
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but
always just breaking apart my pictures of you.
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A Bm
7. There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
A D
than
to feel you deep in my heart,
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there
was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
A D A
than
to never feel the breaking apart all my pictures of you.
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(The Cure)