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Em                     D          Em
Dana, my darling, I'm writing  to you
            G                            Am         Em
Cause your father passed away, it was a beautiful day
      Am                       Em
And I don't want to bother you anymore
           G                        D
I used to hope you'd come back, but not anymore Dana

Em                              D          Em
My eyes might have betrayed me, but I have seen
      G                         Am          Em
Your picture on the cover of a filthy magazine
      Am                          Em
And I think my heart just cannot handle that
G                       D         
Dana, my darling, would be so bad

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Em                     D         Em
Dana, my darling, I'm writing to you
             G                          Am     Em
'Cause Your mother passed away it was a rainy day
       Am                       Em
And I didn't mean to bother you anymore
            G                        D
Your mother wished: Come visit your fathers grave, Dana
     Em                    D              Em
Your father disowned you because you have sinned
G                            Am             Em
But he did forgive you in condition he was in
             Am                      Em
And I - you won't do those things anymore
G                   D
Dana My darling I'm waiting for

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Little Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear, how I wish that Dana was here
       Em     G     C          D     Em        G        C     C  G/B  Am
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day, to travel away, far away

Am                         Em      D               C          G  Am  G/B
No, you cannot surprise me anymore, I have seen it all before
Am                     Em         D
But it seems I cannot let you go, Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana

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And I think that I told you, I'd wait for you forever
Em                               D
Now I know someone else's holding you
             C                       B     Am
So, for the first time in my life - I must lie
Am           G                   C                 D      Em
Lie's a sin, mess that I aim in, love is not the thing I feel now
Am               G                           C              Em        
I promise you: I won't write again, 'til the sun sets behind your grave

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Em                  D         Em
Dana, oh, Dana I'm writing to you
   G                             Am         Em
I heard you passed away it was a beautiful day
    Am                        Em             G                 D
I'm old and I feel time will come for me, my diary's pages are full of thee

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Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear, how I wish that Dana was here
      Gm     Bb     Eb         F     Gm        Bb      Eb
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day, to travel away, far away

Little O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
How I wish that Dana was here
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
To travel away, far away

Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
How I wish that Dana was here
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
To travel away, far away