Keyboard intro:
Em (7th fret) C D
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Guitar intro:
G C/G G C/G G D/G C/G G
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G C/G G C/G C
1: Looking back on the memory of
2: Holding you I held everything
D G D
1: The dance we shared ‘neath the stars above
2: For a moment wasn’t I a king
G C/G G C/G C
1: For a moment all the world was right
2: If I’d only known how the king would fall
D Em D
1: How could I have known that you’d ever say goodbye
2: Then, who’s to say you know I might have changed it all
CHORUS:
C D
And now I’m glad I didn’t know
Bm7
The way it all would end
C D
The way it all would go
% C D
%Our lives are better left to chance
Bm7
I could have missed the pain
C D G
But I’d have had to miss the dance
(1st repeat intro lick 2nd repeat from %)
Keyboard ending 1:
Em (7th fret) C D
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Outro: Em / C / Dsus D / Em7 (add 4th)
Em (7th fret) C D
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Guitar intro:
G C/G G C/G G D/G C/G G
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|–0—0—0—0——-0—0—0—0—–0—0—-0—0———–
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G C/G G C/G C
1: Looking back on the memory of
2: Holding you I held everything
D G D
1: The dance we shared ‘neath the stars above
2: For a moment wasn’t I a king
G C/G G C/G C
1: For a moment all the world was right
2: If I’d only known how the king would fall
D Em D
1: How could I have known that you’d ever say goodbye
2: Then, who’s to say you know I might have changed it all
CHORUS:
C D
And now I’m glad I didn’t know
Bm7
The way it all would end
C D
The way it all would go
% C D
%Our lives are better left to chance
Bm7
I could have missed the pain
C D G
But I’d have had to miss the dance
(1st repeat intro lick 2nd repeat from %)
Keyboard ending 1:
Em (7th fret) C D
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|—-9-7——–0————–0-2—2———0—2—2-0—2-0—-
|—9————————0———-4-2-4-2——————2–
|–7———–3—————————————————-
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Outro: Em / C / Dsus D / Em7 (add 4th)








