The Luckiest
intro - D G D A Bm F# m G A
D A
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G
I don't get many things right the first time
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Bm C
In fact, I am told that a lot
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C#
Now I know all the wrong turns,
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G
D
the stumbles and falls Brought me here
Bm F#m A (transition)
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G
Bm
And where was I before the day
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A
That I first saw your lovely face?
F#m G
Now I see it everyday
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C#
And I know
Chorus:
D A
That I am
Bm F#m
I am
G Bm A
I am
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A D G
D A
The luckiest
verse 2
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A D
G
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
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Bm
C
In a house on a street where you lived?
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C#
D
G
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
D
Would I know?
Bm F#m A (transition)
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G
Bm
And in a wide sea of eyes
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A F#m
G
I see one pair that I recognize
Bm A
C#
And I know
D A
That I am
Bm F#m
I am
G Bm A
I am
D
A
The Luckiest
Em
Bm G
D
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to
Bm D A
you
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A
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G
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
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Bm
C
And one day passed away in his sleep
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C#
D G
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
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D Bm F#m A
And passed away
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G
Bm
E
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I
A
F#m G
know we belong
Bm A
A7
That I know
D A
That I am
Bm F#m
I am
G Bm A
I am
Bm
F#m G A (D)
The luckiest
end with those last few chords. . slowly arpeggiated.. .and a hint of a D but
not a full chord as to leave it unresolved.