Tom: D
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"There grows a weed..."
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"Baby's breath on the mirror"
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"...My girl and I..."
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E|------------------------|
E|----------------|
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"...The sacrifice was made"
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"...It was not"
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"Easy undertaking"
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"The roots gripped soft like..."
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E|------------------------------------------------|
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A|--7---7---7---5^7---7---7---7-------------------|
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"Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh"
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A|--5---5---------| A |--7---7--------|
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"Oh young girl" "At the wedding..."
[Repeat section above x3]
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G|--------7-------| x4
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E|----------------|
"That will last a day..."
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A|--7---7---7---5^7-------|
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"...Good plans are made"
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A|--7---7---7---7---7---5^7---7---7---7---7----|
E|---------------------------------------------|
"...By hand"
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
"I'd cut a clearing in the land..."
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D|-----------------------------------| H--5---|
A|--0-----0----------------------| H--5^7-----|
E|----------3---2---0-----------5^7---------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|----0---0---0-----0---0---0---0--------|
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A|--7---7---7---5^7---7---7---7---7^5----|
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E|----------------| e |---------------|
B|--------5-------| B |--------5------|
G|--------7-------| x5 G |---------------| x4
D|----7-----------| D |----5---5------|
A|--5---5---------| A |--7---7--------|
E|----------------| E |---------------|
"And each day I looked..."
[Repeat section above x2]
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G|--------7-------| x4 G |---------------| x4
D|----7-----------| D |----5---5------|
A|--5---5---------| A |--7---7--------|
E|----------------| E |---------------|
"Until I saw it was lucky old me"
E|----------------| e |---------------|
B|--------5-------| B |--------5------|
G|--------7-------| x5 G |---------------| x4
D|----7-----------| D |----5---5------|
A|--5---5---------| A |--7---7--------|
E|----------------| E |---------------|
"How could I run without losing anything"
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E|----------------| E |---------------|
"How could I run without becoming lean..."
[Repeat section above x2]
E|----------------|
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G|--------7-------| x4
D|----7-----------|
A|--5---5---------|
E|----------------|
"It was me tearing out the baby's breath"
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E|--------------------------------|
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G|--------------------------------| x2
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E|--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
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E|------------------------------------------------------|
"Oh I am a helpless man"
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G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
"so help me"
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"I'm on my knees" "gardening"
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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G|----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----| x3
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A|5-----5-----5---4-----4-----4---3-----3-----3---2-----------2---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
"It was not a weed..."
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A|--0-----0----------------------| H--5^7-----|
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E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----0---0---0-----0---0---0---0-----------------|
G|--------------------------------------7---------| x2
D|----5---5---5--| H--5---5---5---5---5/7---7\5-----|
A|--7---7---7---5^7---7---7---7-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
"Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh"
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D|----5---5---5--| H--5---5---5---5--P-----|
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"And now I know..."
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A|--7---5-7----------------|
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A|----------------------------------------------------|
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"Yes now I know..."
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G|------------0---| H-P------| x4
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A|--7---5-7----------------|
E|-------------------------|
E|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|--7---|
E|------|
[End]
[Lyrics]
There grows a weed, looks like a flower
Looks like baby's breath on a mirror
My girl and I rushed atop the altar
The sacrifice was made
It was not easy undertaking
The roots gripped soft like a living grave
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh x2
Oh young girl at the wedding
Baby's breath in her hair
A crowning lace above her face
That will last a day
Before it turns to hay
Good plans are made by hand
I'd cut a clearing in the land
And for a little bed
For her to cry comfortable in
And each day I looked out on the lawn
And I wondered what all was gone
Until I saw it was lucky old me
How could I run without losing anything?
How could I run without becoming lean?
It was agreed, it was agreed
It was me tearing out the baby's breath
Oh I am a helpless man, so help me
I'm on my knees gardening
It was not a weed, it was a flower
My baby's gone, oh where has my baby gone?
And she was not a weed, she was a flower
