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| Verse 1 |
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| Here's to your g | arden | here's to your k | ids |
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| I | heard you were in the | neighbourhood |
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| I've been a | long time | on the s | kids |
| Chorus |
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| And b | aby | I'm bes | ide | you - you r | un from the r | iver |
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| When it l | ong ran o | ver | you |
| Verse 2 |
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| This is for you | standing up to a | bone-chilling | wind |
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| This is for the f | ailures you collected f | rom my s | in |
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| And this is for your l | onesome t | ears I never dr | ied |
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| This is for you h | anging in, in the h | ope that it n | ever di | es |
| Chorus |
| Em | Bm | A | Em | |
| And b | aby I'm be | side y | ou - y | ou run from the river |
| Bm | A | |
| When it l | ong ran over | you |
| Verse 3 |
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| This is for you w | aiting up though the c | all never ca | me |
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| For the m | ilk of human k | indnesses you collected | from our dr | eam |
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| And this is for your l | onesome t | ears I never dr | ied |
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| This is for you h | anging in, in the h | ope that it n | ever di | ed |
| Chorus |
| Em | Bm | A | Em | |
| And b | aby I'm be | side y | ou - y | ou run from the river |
| Bm | A | |
| When it l | ong ran over | you |
| Bridge |
| D | Bm | G | A | |
| And now | I'm running h | ere besi | de y | ou |
| D | Bm | G | |
| And now | I'm running h | ere besi | de you |
| Verse 4 |
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| This is for the t | raveler on a b | linding desert | road |
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| Good | fortune smile u | pon you and may love be your o | nly lo | ad |
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| And t | his is for the o | nly one who could q | uell my burning ra | ge |
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| To a | nyone whose been a b | roken man and anyone see b | etter da | ys |
| Outro |
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| B | aby I'm | bes | ide y | ou |
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| And now | I'm running h | ere besi | de y | ou |
| D | Bm | G | A | |
| And now | I'm running h | ere besi | de y | ou |
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| And now | I'm running h | ere besi | de y | ou |
| D | Bm | G | D | |
| And now | I'm running h | ere besi | de you |