When You Loved Me (tabs)
When You Loved Me
Tuning: Standard, but a whole step down - DGCFAd
VERSE/INTRO:
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I look to the west. The sun blinds me, I shade my eyes. Your gaze finds me, I lose my breath
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She looks at you. My head reels, you look back. You make her feel like I used to
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I recall when you first touched me Haunted by your face above me
CHORUS (Same picking pattern as above)
Am - D Am - D Yo-ou, it was always yo--ou C D With your broken crown G Em Touched me like Holy ground C D And I, so eager to believe G Cm So sincere, so naive C D Back when you loved ...
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...me I look to the sky, Small birds fly in a black line One falls behind I hear it cry
The sun shines through Your water glass, it lights up her dress It magnifies what I re- -gret
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I recall when you first touched me Haunted by your face above me
CHORUS Am - D Am - D Yo-ou, it was always yo--ou C D With your broken crown G Em Touched me like Holy ground C D And I, so eager to believe G Cm So sincere, so naive C D Back when you loved me
BRIDGE:
Em C Oh, living with your memory now Em C Oh, it’s like being lost at sea now Em C Oh, it’s dragging me, it’s dragging me, Dragging me down
CHORUS:
Am - D Am - D Yo-ou, it was always yo--ou C D With your broken crown G Em Touched me like Holy ground C D And I, consumed with poetry G Cm The kind that brought me to my knees C D Back when you loved ...
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...me
I look to the west I hope that bird has found it’s way The sun slips away