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