Letter To Alan

[Verso 1]
 
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When it's time____  for your reflection 
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As you wait___ 'til help arrives 
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See our good friend's face on the dashboard 
       F    G   F/A G/B C      Am      G         F 
And to know you can not leave that cab alive 
       F    G   F/A G/B C     Am    G    F     C 
Do you know I reach for you,        from later times?  


[Refrão]

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Once I knew 
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Once I knew 
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Now I'm walking 
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Now I'm walking in the dark 
     Am                   G           C                G 
Like bells, the dogs are yelling all across Centennial Park 
        Am             Dm                 G 
And the Sunday morning light just sends me blind 
        Am           G                      C             G 
And I'm only feeling useless 'cause there's nothing I can blame 
      A       G#        F      D         E            D       C         
Every person, thing and circumstance that moves this perfect day you've left behind 

{Solo} 
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[Refrão]

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And I'm thinking 
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Christmas 1982 
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Around this time, a year ago, Gaskill sold his boat 
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And headed for the Cross to sink a few 
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Never trust a Wayside Chapel crowd on Christmas Eve 
Am          E/G#    Dm/F    Dm     E7(b9)    E7/D    C       E/B 
They must be entertained and if a stranger does the dying, that's okay 

{Solo} 
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[Refrão]

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And I'm sitting in a hotel room along Rue St. Louis 
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Dialling old phone numbers down the line 
      A      G#      F     D      E      D     C       
And I measure my position to the obstacles we crossed 
    A     G#   F      D      E        D       C       
The territory covered and the parties that we lost, those were the days 

{Solo} 
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Bm       A/C#    D       E 
Bm           A   Bm 
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Bm           A   Bm 
G        A       G/B     A/C# 
D                E 
G   A   G/B A/C# D       Bm 
A                G 



[Verso 2]
 
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And if I don't hang 'round 
        F#m        F# 
Our old gambling grounds 
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It does not mean that I've forgotten 
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We believed, and I still do 

{Solo} 
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Am       G       C       G 
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Am       G       C       G 
Am       Dm      G 
Am  E/G# Dm/F Dm E7(b9) E7/D C E/B 
Am  E/G# Dm/F Dm E7(b9) E7/D C E/B 
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