7 Chords used in the song: Dm, Bb, F, A, C, Am, Gm

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//The strumming pattern is always down-2-1-2 (as shown in the intro) except when there is *, which means just down-2.
[intro] (Dm
Dm
F
G7↓):
A|-0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----2--|
E|-1-1---1---1-1---1---1-1---0---1--|
C|-2---------2---------0---------2--|
G|-2---------2---------2---------0--|Dm
Bb*
F
A
When I'm with you, I feel like myselfDm
Bb*
F*
C
No stranger, the shadow of somebody elseDm
Bb*
F
A
When I feel you holdin' my handDm
Bb
F
C**
I get touched, ain't this life grand?
[Chorus 1]
Bb
F
C
Dm
But the form of a life is long never-ending
Bb
F
C**
And the smell of your hello, I know
Bb
F
C
Dm
And the smile of a knife is seldom befriending
Bb
F
C
C
And the smell of tangelo, I know
Dm
Bb
F
A
When I'm near you, I feel like a king
Dm
Bb*
F
C
A life force inside to do anything
Dm
Bb*
F
A
When I'm downtown, I pick up the phone
Dm
Bb*
F
C**
I hear you and I'm not alone
[Chorus 2]
Bb
F
C
Dm
But the form of a life is long never-ending
Bb
F
C**
And the smell of your hello, I know
Bb
F
C
Dm
And the smile of a knife is seldom befriending
Bb
F
C
C***
And the smell of tangelo, I know
(*** Pick theA/1 string in 3 again and string
E/2 or
G/4 after last
C)
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
But December came strong, the mending went wrong
Gm
C
F**
And the clothes on the line never dried
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
And the crows on my hill, came in for the kill
Gm
C
Dm
But the dream of this love never diedDm(maj7)
F
G7↓ [4 last chords as intro]
Dm
Bb
F
A
But when I lost you out in that fieldDm
Bb*
F
C
My crooked eyes could hardly concealDm
Bb
F
A
Tell me one time and bring me my trayDm
Bb
F
C
Oh, let it go and now I must pray
Let's pray
[Outro] (Dm
Dm(maj7)
F
G7↓):
A|-0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----2--|
E|-1-1---1---1-1---1---1-1---0---1--|
C|-2---------1---------0---------2--|
G|-2---------2---------2---------0--|
// ** means 0-1 in E string after C, or 1-3 in E string after F:
A|-3---3--------------0---0------------|
E|-0-0---0--0-1-------1-1---1--1-3-----|
C|-0------------------0----------------|
G|-0------------------2----------------|
(This usually mixes with the chorus/ the next words)
*** I'll explain this better in tab:
Bb
F
C or
Bb
F
C
A|---------3-3-----------------3-3-----|
E|---------0-------------------0-0-----|
C|---------0-------------------0-------|
G|---------0-0-----------------0-------|
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