COUNTING CROWS - "august album" Tablature

From: Steve Vetter <vetters@vax1.elon.edu>

Counting Crows - August And Everything After (and extras)
18 March 1995

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I have compiled all of the circulating files from the net into this one
overview file. If you have anything to add, mail it to me and I'll update
it. Original credit is left intact, much thanks to Ken McLeod who did
many of them and Paul Hutchinson for his trained ear and skillfull
corrections. If I have forgotton to name anyone that credit is due to,
please flame me. ;-)

-Steve Vetter [vetters@vax1.elon.edu]

Further Note - Steve's a bit busy at the moment, so I've finished and
tidied up the file myself. If anyone has any further corrections, I'll
accept them if necessary. Full credit to Steve and Ken who did most of
the work on this.

-Paul Hutchinson
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CONTENTS:
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Round Here
Omaha
Mr. Jones
Perfect Blue Buildings
Anna Begins
Time and Time Again
Rain King
Sullivan Street
Ghost Train
Raining In Baltimore
A Murder of One
***
Einstein on the Beach - From DGC Rareties v.1
Marjorie - Unreleased Demo
Goodnight, Elizabeth - Unreleased Concert Staple

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-- ROUND HERE -- Counting Crows
From: ken@cloudbusting.apple.com (Ken McLeod)

(NB During the verses, the guitar plays the riff shown - the chords
marked are implied by the keyboards and bass. However, during the
chorus, the guitar plays the chords as shown.
Note also the funky "Sleeping children.." bit. On the album, there
is definitely a chord change implied from A to G (by the wah-wah
guitar and possibly the keyboards) but the main guitar and bass
play the same thing under both chords, which kind of confuses the
ear. You can approximate what's happening like this

A G/A
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
G|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
A|-0---0-0-----0--0--0--0----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|

Hope that helps)

Intro & verse riff:

E|-----5--------5------------|
B|-------8--------8------8---|
G|---7--------7--------7-----|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

C (riff) D
Step out ...
Em G/D
into the ...
C D
And in ..
Em G/D
of the ..
C D
I walk ..
Em G/D
Where? ..
C D
Maria ...
Em G/D
Why? ...

C D Em G/D
Round ..
C D Em G/D
Round ..

verse 2

C D Em G/D
Round ...
C D Em G/D
Round ..
C D
Round ...
Em G/D
But ..
C D Em A D A
Round .. / / Oh...

G/A A G/A A
Sleeping ...
G/A A C D
Mama's ...

verse 3
C D Em G/D
Round ..
C D Em G/D
Round ..
C D
Round ...
Em G/D
Nobody ..
C D Em G/D
Round ...

C D Em G/D
I can't ..
C D
You catch ..
Em G/D
Will ..

I said ..
I'm innocent, ..
I can't ...

CHORDS: C x32010 G 320003 D xx0232 Em 022000
G/D 320033 A x0222x G/A x0000x


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-- OMAHA -- Counting Crows
From: btobin@infinet.com (Bruce S. Tobin),
These chords were figured out by Matt Fleming.
Further corrections by Paul Hutchinson.

This was orginally posted with no capo. I have been informed that the
Crows play it with a capo on 2 and I found that it makes it a lot easier
to play. I have changed the file to be played with a capo on II.

Note the A chord in the verse. At times, if you sing it by yourself, it
will sound like it should be an Am, but I assure you that it should
definitely be an A. If you play it as Asus2, it might make things easier.

Intro:
Em D Em C

Em Bm
Start ...
D A Em
Run past ...
Bm C
Start ...
Em
Roll ...

Bm D
In the ...
A Em
Treading ...
Bm D
Well ...
C G
Could ...

Chorus:
D Em
Omaha
C
Somewhere ...
G D C
Get ...
G D
It's ...
Em A C
I think ...
G D/F# Em Em/D C G/B D/A
And get ...

Verse 2:

[Chorus]

[Bridge chords] x 4

Verse 3:

[Chorus] x 2

[Bridge chords] x 2

G

CHORDS: Em 022000 D xx0232 C x32010
Bm x24432 G 320033 D/F# 200232
Em/D xx0000 G/B x20033 D/A x00232

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-- MR. JONES -- Counting Crows
From: dmorgan@emunix.emich.edu (D Morgan)
Corrections by Eric Simon and Ken McLeod.


Am F Dm G Am F G G
sha ..

Am F Dm G
I was .. Am F G
Mr. Jones ..Am F Dm G
She ...
Am F G
We all ...

Am F
So come ...
Dm G Am F G *
sha ...
Am F Dm G
Cut ...
Am F G
Pass me ...
Am F Dm G
Believe ...
Am F G
(cause) ..

C F G
Mr. ..
C F
Stare ...
G
"She's ...
C F G
Smiling ...
C F G
When ...

Am F Dm G
I will ...
Am F G
All of ...
Am F Dm G *
(you know) ...
Am F G
If I ...

C F G
Mr. ...
C F
Stare ...
G
"She's ...
C F G
Standing ...
C F G Am
When ...

Am
I will ...
G
I will ..
Am F
I ...
Am G
We all ....
Am F
Believe ..
Am G
and I ...

C F G
Mr. Jones ...
C F
Yeah we ...
G
"She's ...
C F
I want ...
G
Mr. ...
C F G
When ...

C F G
Mr. Jones ...
C F G
When ...
C F G
We ...
C F G
But ...
C F G
Mr. .....


CHORDS: C x32010 F x33211 G 320003
Am x02210 Dm x00231

(*) The following fill is used at a couple of points in the song,
marked with an asterisk.

G Am
------------|----------------
----0-1-0---|----------------
----------0-|-2--------------
------------|----------------
------------|----------------
------------|----------------

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-- PERFECT BLUE BUILDINGS -- Counting Crows
From: Ken McLeod

(NB You will notice that some lines in some verses have an Am at the end
of them, and others don't. A general guide is, if the words stop on
the Bb chord, then stay on Bb, and don't play Am)

Intro pattern (repeat 2x)**
Dm
E|--------------------1---------| **also play at end of first chorus
B|------------------3---3----3--|
G|---------------2---------2----|
D|--0-(let ring)----------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|


Dm C Bb Am
Just down ...
Dm C Bb
I stay ...
Dm C Bb Am
And ...
Dm C Bb
Well, ..
Gm Bb
Help ...

Down ..
Where ..
You ..
I ..
Help ...

CHORUS:
F C Gm
Asleep ...
F C Gm
Beside ...
F C Gm Bb
Gonna ...
F C Bb 1.| Dm** 2.| F
Try ...| me | (myself and) me
| |

It's ...
It ..
In ...
of ..
Help ...

(CHORUS)

INSTRUMENTAL: (each chord is held for a bar)
F C Gm Bb
F C Gm Bb

I got...
There's ..
Beneath ...
There's ...
Please ...

(CHORUS) x 3

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-- ANNA BEGINS -- Counting Crows
From: Ken McLeod
Corrections by Paul Hutchinson.

(verses Ams2 x02200 - G 320003)
Ams2
My friend ..."
G
I am ...
Ams2
My ...,
G
make ...
Wrap ...
Send ...
I am ...
With ...
"Oh," ..
But ..
It ..

(bridge Em 022000 - Cmaj7 x32000 - D13 x54000)
Em
Say this ...
Cmaj7 D13 Em
Because ...
Cmaj7 D13
And I ...
Em Cmaj7
But I'm ...
D13
Or ..
Em Cmaj7 D13
And I ...

[2nd verse]
My friend ...

touching her and..

(Chorus G 320033 - Csus2 x32033 - Am7s4 x02233 - D xx0232 - Em7 xx2033)
G Csus2 Am7s4 D G
This time ...
Csus2 Em7 Dsus4 G
And Anna ...
Csus2 Am7s4 Dsus4 G Csus2
"These ..."
Em7 Dsus4
And ..

[3rd verse]

...
I am not ...thing before
[Bridge]
But then ...
Because ..

[Chorus]
This time ..
And ...
And ..
and ..
She's ...
It's ...
And ...
And ...
Oh ...
Her ....
It's ..
And Anna ...
It's ...
Oh ...

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TAB:-
Verse Figure:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B----0--------0---|----0--------0---|----0--------0---|----0--------0---|
G-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-3---------3-----|

This appears in the second verse - the first half of the first verse has
no guitar (the bass carries the accompaniment) and for the second half of
it, the guitar plays only the first 2 notes over the Ams2 chords. Repeat
throughout.

Bridge:
+ + + + + + + +
E-----------------|----0-------0----|
B----0------------|----0-------0----|
G-----------------|-------0-------0-|
D-2-----2---------|-2-------4-------|
A-----------------|-3-------5-------|
E-0---------------|-----------------|

Repeat throughout.

Chorus:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
E----3-------3----|----3------------|----3-------3----|----3------------|
B-------3-------3-|-------3----3----|-------3-------3-|-------3----3----|
G-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|---------------0-|
D-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|-2-------0-------|
A---------3-------|-0---------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
E-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|


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-- TIME AND TIME AGAIN -- Counting Crows
From: Ken McLeod
Corrections by Paul Hutchinson.

Intro & verse pattern:
F/C + + + C + + +
E---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-|-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-|
E-3h5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----|

NB You should play the tab rather than chords over the verse, but if
you do play chords, use these - F/C x33210 C x32010

F/C C F/C C
I wanted ...
F/C C F/C C
Staring ...
F/C C
I wanted ...
F/C C
And get ...
F/C C
I wanted ...
F/C C
Without ...

CHORUS:
Dm C Dm C
Time and ...
Dm C F
Time and ...

Intro pattern x 2

F/C C
I wanted ...
F/C C
I wanna ...
F/C C
Maybe ...
F/C C
And I'll ...

(CHORUS)

Gm Bb F
Gm Bb F
So when ...
Gm F Bb F C/E Dm
You ...
Gm C Bb F/C
Well ...

Intro pattern x 2

F/C C
I wish ...
F/C C
Beneath ...
F/C C
I'm gonna ...
F/C C
And out ...

(CHORUS)

(SOLO) - Same chords as chorus.

(CHORUS)
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There is a second guitar in the song which plays fills and the solo
at the end. During verse 1, from the first 'I wanted to see' onwards,
it plays the following over the F/C chords
+ + + +
E-----------------|
B---1-------------|
G--2--------------|
D-----------------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|

During the choruses it connects the Dm and C chords with
+ C +
E--1p0-----|------------
B------3---|---------1--
G----------|-0----------
D----------|------------
A----------|------------
E----------|------------

Over the bridges before the 2nd and third verse, and during the third
verse and the second half of the second, it plays the following,
repeating throughout.
+ + + + + + + +
E-----------------|-----------------|
B---1-------------|---1-------------|
G--2--------------|--0--------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|

SOLO:
+ + + + + + + +
E-------------------------|---------------------------|
B-------------------------|---------------------------|
G-12b(14)r(12)------9-10--|-9-10----------(9)--9-10p9-|
D-----------------12----12|-----12-------------10-----|
A-------------------------|---------------------------|
E-------------------------|---------------------------|

+ + + + + + + +
E----------------------------|----10--------------10--------10------|
B----------------------------|--------10------13b(15)r13p10-13p10---|
G-10----------10--10---------|--------------------------------------|
D-10----------10--10h12------|-12-----------------------------------|
A---12----------10-----------|--------------------------------------|
E----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

+ + + + + + + +
E--/10-10----10-12---/10-10----10-12---|----------------------------|
B--/10-10-10---------/10-10-10---------|-----13-13----15---13h15----|
G--------------------------------------|---/14------14---14-----14--|
D--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|----------------------------|


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-- RAIN KING -- Counting Crows

From: rhoulett@depauw.edu (Ryan Houlette)
Write me if you use this.

Note: the timing of the words to the chord changes is approximate,
because the singer uses very elastic phrasing.This is how I do it.


[verse]
D A
When I ...
Bm A D
Deliver ...
A Bm A D A
I think ...
Bm A D A
And all ...
Bm A
In the ...
Bm G
Don't ...
Bm G
I've ...
D E
And I ...


[chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong ...
A Bm D E A
I belong ...
A Bm D E
She's ...
A Bm D E
And I ...


[verse]
E D A Bm A
And I ..
D A
I can't ...
Bm A
I'm scared ...
D A
I'm ...
Bm A
But ...
D A
If ...
Bm A
Why ..
Bm G
Don't ..
Bm G
I've ...
D E
And I ..


[chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong ...
A Bm D E A
I belong ...
A Bm D E
She's ...
A Bm D E
And ..


[bridge]
Bm D A
Hey, I ...
Bm D A Bm
Henderson ..
D A
Oh, it ..
Bm D A
After ...


repeat D A Bm A 2x here


[verse]
D A
When ...
Bm A D
Deliver ..
A Bm
I ..
A D A
Lay me ...
Bm A D A
Render ..
Bm A
In ...
Bm G
Don't ..
Bm G
I've ..
D E
And I ...


[chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong .
A Bm D E A
I belong ..
A Bm D E
She's ..
A Bm D E
And I ..

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-- SULLIVAN STREET -- Counting Crows
From: vagabond@beat.ugcs.caltech.edu (Stephen Thompson)
Corrections by Paul Hutchinson and Preserved Moose <jfafreak@wam.umd.edu>


Intro: D Gmaj7 x 4

D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Take the ..
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Cross the ..
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Past the ..
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Pretty ..

Chorus:
G A Em
I'm ..
G D
She's ..

Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Take ...

Take ..
Where ..
If she ..
Either ..

[Chorus]

Take the ..
I'm just ..

Chorus:
G A Em
I'm almost ..
A Em
She's ..
G D Gmaj7
It's ..

D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
I'm ..
Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
I'm ..
D
Down ..

[Ken sent me an article that was posted a while back: - sv]

Just to expand a little further, while playing the 'D' chord during the
verses, it sounds like he may be occasionally pulling off the 1st string
(2nd fret), then hammering on again for the next strum.

Here's an attempt to tab the the way I'm currently playing it, with bass
notes added for the piano chord part (sounds ok to my ears, although I
haven't worked it out to see if it's correct.) Your mileage may vary.
Feel free to jump in and correct me, show me a different way, etc.

V = pluck bass notes together
/ = strum top three strings, alternating up & down strums

D D4
V / / / / / / / V V / / / / / / / V V
E|----|-2-0h2--2-2-2-2------|-2-0h2--2-2-2-2------|
B|----|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------|
G|--2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-2-|
D|--0-|-----------------0---|-------------------0-|
A|----|-------------------2-|-----------------2---|
E|----|---------------------|---------------------|
Take the way home that leads back

to Sullivan Street ...

In the change from D to D4, your index finger moves from the G string
down to the A string, then back. Of course, this whole sequence isn't
strictly repeated over and over... sometimes there are the little
piano runs in between, and so on.


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-- GHOST TRAIN -- Counting Crows
From: Paul Hutchinson

NB The verses of this are a bit harmonically strange in that, like Round
Here and Time and Time Again, the guitar is not playing chords during
the verses, and so the bass carries the song rather a lot. However, I
get the impression that the verses are based on Dm the whole way
through, with the bass guitar playing Ds and Fs (and a G just before
the first verse). This should make the song horribly boring for you if
you're trying to play it by yourself without a bass guitarist, but
them's the breaks.
On the album, the guitar and some other strange instrument are messing
about with the following notes during the verses - listen to the tape
to get a better idea:
======
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
|||x|x
||x|x|
|||x||

Intro:
|Dm |Dm Dm/F |Dm |Dm Dm/G |

Dm
I took ..
Across ..
I rode ..C/G
Fifty ..

Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
"How ..?"
C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
She ..?"

Dm
She ..
She climbs ..
Love .. C/G
Hold ...

Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
"How ..
C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
She ....

|Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am |
Yeah.
|Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am |
|Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am |
|Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am |D G ....

Dm
I took ..
Watched ..
Love ..C/G
"Remember ..."

Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
"How ..?"
C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 C/G
She ..?"
Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
"How ..?"
C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9
She .?"

Chords used: Dm xx0231 C/G 332010 Fmaj9 133010
Em7 022030 Am x02210

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-- RAINING IN BALTIMORE -- Counting Crows

From: Ken McLeod
Corrections by Paul Hutchinson

Dm Bb C F
This ..
Dm Bb C
The big ..
Dm Bb C F
It's ..
Dm Bb C
Where ..

Bb F
I need ..
Bb F
I need ..
Bb F
I need ..
Bb F
I need ...

Verse 2

Chorus

C Bb
And I..
C Bb
And ..
C Bb F
It's ..
Bb F C
But

Verse



I need a ..
I can ..
And I ..
Because ..
I'd like ..
I think ..
I need ..
I need ..
I really ..
I really..
I really
I really
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-- MURDER OF ONE -- Counting Crows
From: Steve Vetter
Corrected by Paul Hutchinson
lyrics from cs.uwp.edu

This is played in D with a capo at the 4th fret. The As can be exchanged
for Asus2s whenever you feel like it.

D xx0232
Dsus2 xx0230
G 3x0033
Gmaj7 3x0032
A x02220
Asus2 x02200

Intro: |D |Dsus2 |G | Gmaj7| x2
Verse 1
A
Blue morning ...
G
Wrapped ...
A
Curiosity...,
G
Doesn't ..
A
You can ...
G
He ...
A
We can ...
G
We can ...


Chorus:
D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
All your ...
D Dsus2 G Gmaj7
All your ...

verse 2:

Chorus

I dreamt ...
Casting ...
A G/B
One for ..
A/C# G/D
Five for ..
There's ..
Sleeping ..
When ..
I wish ..

All your ..
All your ..
Open up ..
You can ..
You ..
You ..

D
I walk ...
G
I am ..

D G
Change, ..

NB This figure appears and is played constantly from
'I walk these hillsides' onwards.

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---2-3-----2-3-----2-3---
-2-------2-------2------- etc
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-- EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH -- Counting Crows
from the DGC Rarities Disk, Volume I
From: Mark Bentley <bentley@access.digex.net>

(Intro)
E A E B

(1st Verse)
[Bouncy E A E B]
Albert's ..
His ...
Better ...
Better ...

A E A E B
And Albert's ...

A
All his ...

(Chorus)
C#m B A E
And the ...

C#m B A E
The worst ...

C#m B A E
And all ...

F#m A
For an ...

A
Will ...

E A E B


(2nd Verse)

(Bridge)
A E A E B
One more ...

A
One more ..

(Chorus)
G#m A G#m
Albert's ..

A
On a field ..

G#m A B
For the ..

(Solo)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)

G#m A G#m
Albert's ...

A
Cracked ...

(Chorus x 2)

(Ad lib outtro)
E A E B etc
No never ...

No no ..

What you ..
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-- MARJORIE -- Counting Crows
Unreleased Demo
From: Steve Vetter [vetters@vax1.elon.edu]

F#m 244222
B? x22442

Intro riff:
-0--0----0--0--------
-0----0--0----0------
-1-------1-----------
-2-------2-----------
-2-------2-----------
-0-------0-----------

E
In the ...
D
Shaking ...
A
We rolled ..
E
She shakes ..

E
Water ..
D
Bleeding ...
A
Rivers ..
E
Between ..

D E
But ..
D A E
Twists ..

Breathless ..
Baited ..
Tuck ..
And ..

For ..
Frustration ..
The ..
Will ...

But oh, ..
Sticks ..

[solo]
F#m B? [repeat]


Dust ..
And ..
Close ..
Stuck ..

I ..
Haunting ..
Even so, ..
This ...

I took ..
To the ..
Where a ..

I looked ..
She ..
It's ..
Render ..

But ..
Takes ..
Oh, ..
Love ..
Oh, ..
My heart ..

[solo over F#m and B?]

Oh, I ..
It's ..
Oh, I .
It's got ..


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-- GOODNIGHT, ELIZABETH -- Counting Crows
Unreleased Concert Staple
From: Steve Vetter [vetters@vax1.elon.edu]
with help from an anonymous post.

A: x02220 -A: 577855
E: 022100 -E: x79997
G: 320003 -G: 355433
D: xx0323- D: x57775


The - chords are barre chords.

Intro.: -A -E -G -D


A E
Wasted ...
G D
Waiting ..
A E
I woke ..
G D
Had ..

I wish ..
Hope ..
I hope ..
I just ..

Chorus:
Good, ..
Goodnight ..
Good, ..
Goodnight, ..

We ..
So ..
Some ..
Roam ..

Well ..
Can ..
I say ...
And I ...

I said
[chorus]

Well ..
I miss ..
I wait ..
And I ..

If you ..
I will ..
And ..
Baby, ..

And I said:
[chorus]

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