Johnny Flynn - In April
Intro: G
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The day we met my life was changed
C G
I always heard that love was strange and painful
D
painful
G
One night you slept upon your side
C G
Tangled in white you looked just like an angel
D
angel
C G D Em
So why did you fly away
C G D Em
I’ve been dying a little death since that very day
C G D Em
I used to laugh when you told me
C G C
You must forget and forgive to be free
G
Down by the water dressed in black
C G
I swore revenge to get you back hateful
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hateful
G
I made my camp upon the hill
C G
Drank whisky from the secret still blameful
D
blameful
C G D Em
So why did you fly away
C G D Em
i’ve been dying a little death since that very day
C G D Em
i used to laugh when you told me
C G C G
you must forget and forgive to be free
G D A7
And I never could admit
G D A7
the part I had in it
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So this is what I get my friend
G
Drunk in a field with scarlet snow
C G
I reconciled with your ghost in April
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In April
G
I stood before the hypocrite
C G
There in the mirror brightly lit shameful
D
shameful
C G D Em
Now I know why you ran away
C G D Em
And I’ve been dying a little death since that very day
C G D Em
I used to laugh when you told me
C G
you must forget and forgive
C
You must forgive just to live
Em C G
you must forget and forgive to be free
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