Intro: A        E       F#m     D       A       E       D

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    And a river ran, and a train ran, and a dream ran through everything   
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that he did
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    There was melody, there was harmony, there was sweet Sherrie, but it 
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was melody    he loved most of all
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   An ice cube in a quiet room melts through an afternoon   32 in the shade
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   And a books talks, and a magazine speaks, and a window breaks, and a 
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movie    was in his head

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It ain’t easy,    it ain’t easy, when that love is blue, the love is blue

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   It was a head trip, it was a friendship, he picked me up when I might 
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have slipped    and not done a thing
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   A sly grin, that played to win, we will not see his kind again   anymore


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It ain’t easy,    it ain’t easy, when that love is blue, the love is blue

Solo (as intro)

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   I write these words to his tune that he wrote on a full moon
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   And a river ran, and a train ran, and a dream ran through everything 
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that he did

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It ain’t easy,    it ain’t easy, when that love is blue, the love is blue