Josh Ritter – Leaves And Kings (Guitar)

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I met you at a party

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or on a crowded street

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a silent singularity 

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when glances chanced to meet

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You looked into my glasses

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said you'd seen a ghost

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tried my best to make you smile

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as we calypsoed close

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I had been to Cleveland

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You had been to jail

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You seemed to be recovering

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but I felt a little pale

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Our house it was on seventeenth

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above the hardware store

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there we lived with seven cats

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all named for seven dwarves

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but like leaves and kings

F                C     C
all things must fall

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no diamond ring is gonna 

F               C     C
cut through it all

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you were working as a graverobber

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you could do your job at night

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I was living hand-to-mouth

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just looking for a fight

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the reason why we parted

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it ain't that hard to find

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I was always busy

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and you never had the time

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well the reason why we parted

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it ain't that hard to see

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but I was never sure

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if I left you or you left me

        F            G
but like leaves and kings

F                C     C
all things must fall

F           G
no diamond ring is gonna 

F               C
cut through it all

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and when it was all over

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I lost myself in work

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you got married to a lawyer

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painting murals in New York

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and though it seems a million miles ago

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since I saw the light

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the hours flowed by nervously

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like warships in the night

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Many times I've been corrupted

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but I've never been in love

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and I began to realize 

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that that's just where I was

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so I packed up my possessions

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and caught an eastbound train

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met you in Ohio

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sleeping in the rain

         F         G
but like leaves and kings

F                C     C
all things must fall

F           G
no diamond ring is gonna 

F               C    C
cut through it all

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so now we're going back again

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to start where we began

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with rules and regulations 

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but no real kinda plan

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I learned my lesson well

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with no mistakes at all

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once you find yourself true love

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you just keep holding on

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'cause like leaves and kings

F                C     C
all things must fall

F            G
no diamond ring is gonna 

F               C
cut through it all

        F           G
but now out of the dark

F           G
out of the blue

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like leaves and kings

               F            C
I've fallen in love with you