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>From [email protected].CA (Francois Rousseau)
Subject: AOTW: Billy Bragg: The Price I Pay
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 05:48:24 GMT
The Price I Pay
(Billy Bragg)
intro: G Em C G D
G Em
My friend said she could see no way ahead
A C
And I was probably better off without you
G Em
She said to face up to the fact that you weren’t coming back
A C
And she could make me happy like you used to
G B7
But I’m sorry to say I turned her away
C Ab Maj7
Knowing everything she said was true
G Em C G D
And that’s the price I pay for loving you the way that I do
G Em
There’s something inside that hurts my foolish pride
A C
To visit the places we used to go together
G Em
Not a day goes by that I don’t sit and wonder why
A C
Your feelings for me didn’t last forever
G B7
Girl I love you so much that sometimes it’s such
C Ab Maj7
I’d walk a mile with a stone in my shoe
G Em C G D
And that’s that price I pay for loving you the way that I do (2x)
G Em A C
G Em A C
G B7
So keep that phone out of my way for the things I must say
C Ab Maj7
Are empty if you don’t believe they’re true
G Em C G D
And that’s that price I pay for loving you the way that I do
G Em C G D
That’s the price I pay for loving you the way that I do
G Em
I love you so much that baby it’s such
A C
I’d walk a mile with a stone in my shoe …
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Francois Rousseau
Laboratoire Incognito (Computer Languages)
Universite de Montreal, Canada
E-mail: [email protected]
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