Pure joy
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G C
1. We were talking about how all the years go by,
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people
and places and the march of time,
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F G
only
memories can take us back there again.
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C
2. Like the day on the boat, beneath a clear
blue sky,
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G Am
when
out of the sea they came to jump and fly.
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Am F G C
Now I understand why my friend
said, "Dolphins make us cry."
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'Cause this was pure joy the way they laughed and played,
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skipping and a-dancing through the
ocean waves.
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C G Am
It was pure joy for all to see,
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so why can't w.....e more often
fee....l that joy of living?
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3. And we were talking about how in the days gone by,
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we
would believe that all our dreams could fly.
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But they fade away, like
sunset out of the sky.
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4. And I was there in a garden where the children play,
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hearing
them singing on a summers day,
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made
me realize how soon we lose that innocence inside.
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'Cause this was pure joy the way they laughed and played,
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C G
skipping and a-dancing on that sunny
day.
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Am
It was pure joy for all to see,
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so why can't w.....e more often
fee....l that joy of living?
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C - G - C - Dm - G
+ Pure joy,
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- G - Am
Pure joy,
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- G C - F
so
why can't w.....e more often fee....l that joy of living?
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C - F
G C
Sheer joy of
living, that joy of living.
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C
+ 'Cause it was pure joy,
the joy of living,
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G C
pure
joy, the joy of living.
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G C
It was pure joy, the joy of
living,
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G C
pure
joy, that joy of living.
(orig. = capo 4th) (Chris de
Burgh)