Carry you home    (video) (intro) (midi)

C - Am - F (2x)

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1. Trouble is her only friend and he's back again,

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makes her body older than it really is.

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And she says it's high time she went away,

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no one’s got much to say in this time,

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trouble is the only way is down, down, down.

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As strong as you were, tender you got,

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I'm watching you breathing for the last time.

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A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,

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I know what it means, and I'll carry you home, I'll carry you home.

+ C - Am - F (2x)

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2. If she had wings she would fly away,

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and another day God will give her some.

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Trouble is the only way is down, down, down.

+ CHORUS

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And they all want pretty New York City lights,

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and summer’s little girl is taken from the world tonight,

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and then the stars and stripes. - - -

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As strong as you were, tender you got,

Em F

I'm watching you breathing for the last time.

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A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,

Em F

I know what it means, and I'll carry you home.

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+ repeat CHORUS - - - + I’ll carry you home.

+ C - Am - F - C

(orig. = capo 2nd) (James Blunt)