Dearly Departed · Songbook

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Intro

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Verse 1

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Its the third of

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October,

you should come

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over

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Best

laid plans are not

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sober

And maybe not the

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way

we thought we

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planned

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Both

of us will take this hand

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For

a couple of

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days

then we'll dis-

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appear

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We

don't have to talk of where we go from

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here

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Oh,

my dearly de-

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parted,

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D

Mmm,

my dearly de-

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parted

Refrain

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One

final shoulder

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Here

before they're

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none

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And

then there were

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none

Chorus 1

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This

last call could

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be

all we

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can

do for each other

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Embrace

for a

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dear

old

C

friend

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Bring

wine to bed

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D

G

We'll

toast what

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could

have been

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D

My

dearly de-

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parted

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D

To,

my dearly de-

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parted

Verse 2

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I

don't know how to

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mend

it

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But

this chapter ended

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When

all of my plans have depended on

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you

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But

at least tonight we'll still pre-

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tend

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Hold

each other close like its not the

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end

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And

you can send me balloons, and we can laugh at the

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doom

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We

both thought of that doesn't it say something

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to

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Oh

my dearly de-

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parted,

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D

Ohh,

my dearly de-

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parted

Refrain

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One

final shoulder

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Here

before we're

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none

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Until

(there) are

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none

Chorus 2

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This

last call could

G

be

all we

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can

do for each other

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Embrace

for a

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dear

old

C

friend

C

Bring

wine to bed

Em

D

G

We'll

toast what

C

could

have been

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D

My

dearly de-

C

parted

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D

To

my dearly de-

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parted

Bridge

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Every

masterpiece

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I'd

write again

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You'll

always be my porcelain

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I

crossed my heart

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but

I stuttered too

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So

truth or dare was I good to you?

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Haven't

had enough

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of

you all to myself

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Still

right beside you in sickness and health

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Forever

after

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you

will be my

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home

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D

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And

there's no place like home

Outro

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We

never sent the

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cards,

they're all still on the

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table

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Wanna

throw them out but I'm just not able

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My

dearly de-

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parted

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D

My

dearly de-

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parted

G

C

Tag

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Toast

what

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could

what

G

could

have

C

been

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Toast

what

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could

what

G

could

have

C

been

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Dear

old

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friend,

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Toast

what

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could

what

G

could

have

C

been

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Dear

old

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friend,

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Toast

what

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could

what

G

could

have

C

been

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My

dearly de-

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parted

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My

dearly de-

C

parted

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My

dearly de-

C

parted

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What

could have

C

been

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My

dearly de-

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parted

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C

Em

Dear

old friend