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[Verse 1]
G
Swords and pens and tears and blood
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Emotion, demotion and skin that's so tough
G
If I can live through this then that is enough
A
Learn and earn devotion and trust when

[Chorus]
G
Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else
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Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else
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Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else
A                              G
Life is the course, love is the subject

[Verse 2]
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Notes and jokes and follies so cruel
G
Elation, cessation and pain, that's the rule
G
Find me later face down in the pool
A
Prop me up for lesson number two

[Verse 3]
G
I eat and sleep and culture my person
G
Measure up to the yardstick she's using
G
Punch drunk stars like sparks in my vision
A
Paradise is something inhuman when

[Chorus]
G
Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else
G
Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else

Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else

A  C

[Bridge]
C                  A#
So much of this is quarrel
G                C
Clenching of the teeth
     C7            A#
It's stormy on the surface
A7     G#   G7
Let me underneath

[Verse 4]
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Walk and talk, give up, talk on
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My body hangs 'round this heart like a jacket
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My stomach sinks lower preparing for worry
A
I'm so ready to feel good in a hurry when

[Chorus]
G
Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else
G
Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else
G
Love is the subject and nothin' else, nothin' else
A                   G
Life is the course, love is the


[Outro]
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Love is the subject
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Love is the subject
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Love is the subject