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Birthday Song by Don McLean - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            [Chords]
  Amaj7     Bm7    Eadd9    E6   Dmaj9b5/F#
e|---0---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|
B|---2---|---3---|---0---|---2---|---2---|
G|---1---|---2---|---1---|---1---|---1---|
D|---2---|---4---|---2---|---2---|---0---|
A|---0---|---2---|---2---|---2---|---x---|
E|---x---|---x---|---0---|---0---|---2---|



[Verse 1]

Amaj7                 F#m           Bm7                 Eadd9  E
  If I could say the things I feel, it wouldn't be the same
Amaj7                 F#m       Bm7                  E6
Some things are not spoken of, some things have no name
Amaj7                 F#m           Bm7                     F
And though the words come hard to me I'll say them just for you
Amaj7                Dmaj9b5/F#        Amaj7         E
For this is something rare for me this feeling is so new-(pause)


[Chorus]
           Amaj7            Bm7     E
You see I love the way you love me
Amaj7         Bm7          E
Love the way you smile at me
Amaj7              Bm7        E       Amaj7      x2 F#m7 E Amaj7
I love the way we live this life we're in

[Verse 2]
 Amaj7        F#m7 F#m         Bm7           Eadd9  E
Long ago I heard the song that lovers sing to me
 Amaj7                  F#m7 F#m           Bm7              E6
And through the days with each new phrase I hummed that melody
 Amaj7          F#m7 F#m            Bm7               F
And all along I loved the song but I never learned it through
 Amaj7                Dmaj9b5/F#         Amaj7               E
Ah, but since the day you came along, I've saved it just for you-(pause)


[Chorus]
N.C.
You see I...(low E-string slide down)
Amaj7            Bm7     E
love the way you love me
Amaj7         Bm7          E
Love the way you smile at me
Amaj7         Bm7         E            D  D/C#  Bm7
I love the way we live this life we're in


[Bridge]
D       D/C           G         C              Am
I don't believe in magic but I do believe in you
Dm7         Dm7/C      G
And when you say you believe in me
                Am   Bm7     E7    E6
There's so much magic I can do


[Verse 3]
Amaj7           F#m7 F#m      Bm7           Eadd9  E
Now you see me, now you don't watch me dive below
Amaj7             F#m7 F#m            Bm7                 E6
Deep down in your love lake where the sweet fish come and go
Amaj7             F#m7 F#m            Bm7                    F
And I might sink, and I might drown but death don't mean a thing
   Amaj7              Dmaj9b5/F#
'Cause life continues right or wrong
Amaj7            Dmaj9b5/F#
When I play this Birthday song
     Amaj7     B
I learned from you (pause)
    E              Amaj7
And you can't even sing...
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