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As a [Bm]girl, I [G]lived in a million [Bm]homes
So I always would [Em]keep to myself
And my [Dbm]lessons were learned
From the [Dbm]stories and poems
I would stea[ ]steal from [C]a library shelf
Yes, the [Abm]books like the Roots
Weren't [Bb]mine to keep
But the [Gbm]words weren't left [Em]behind
And I [Ebm]think of them [Dbm]all and I can't sle[Eb]sleep
And a [Bm]poet who read my [Dbm]mind [Gb]
As the wise men [B]once wrote
[Gb]Never give all the [Ab]heart
[Ebm]Well, it's [Dbm]easy to see
He was [Abm]writing for me
I just [Ebm]wish I could play that [Abm]part
Yes, he [E]sc[ ]scribbl[Gb]ribbled that love isn't worth thinking of
[Ebm ]That is fades out from kiss to kiss
[B]If I just learned those lines
Well, just [Db ]think of[Dbm]of the misery I'd miss
As the [Ab]Irish men said
[B Eb]Don't put your heart up to play
When he [B]warned of the cost
And the [Gb]heart that he lost
Mister [Ebm]Yeats really paved the [Gb]way
For the [Dbm]men that I've known
Who have [G]clearly shown
[Ebm]They[ ]They've read[Gb]reading him from the start
'Cause when it [Dbm]comes to me
Well, [Db]their kisses come [G]free
But they [B]never give all the [B]heart
[E] [Gb] [B] [Ebm]
When he [B]warned of the cost
And the [Dbm]heart that he lost
Mister [Ebm]Yeats really paved the [Gb]way
For the [Dbm]men that I've known
Well, [G]they've clearly shown
[Ebm ]They been reading h[Ab]him from the start
[ ]'Caus[B]'Cause each time that I fall
They [Dbm]never [Em]give al[Eb]all the [Bm]heart [Em]
[C]Mm[B]MmmmmmMmmm....