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Intro: | F Dm | C |
Verse 1:
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Although the years have changed now and we go by different names
F Dm C
I remember the sound of our roof in the rain
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And my mind goes back in time to a place so far gone
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Where the love we left behind us was still new
Verse 2:
Dm Bb C F
We were listenin' to a record on the end of your bed
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Not givin' thought to where it was all goin'
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And I wished right then and there so badly I could read your mind
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Just so I could know the things that you were knowin'
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I believe, yes, I do
Bb Dm C F
The hardest part is always leaving love behind
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I believe, yes, I do
Bb Dm C F
That everything we lose will be a gift in time
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But the hardest part is leaving love behind
Verse 3:
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When it was time to say goodbye, those words came down like stones
F Dm C
I admit for so long after it was hard to feel at home
Bb Dm C F
We would hear the highway's song shifting down in the night
F Dm C
I was grateful that the echoes broke the quiet
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I believe, yes, I do
Bb Dm C F
The hardest part is always leaving love behind
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I believe, yes, I do
Bb Dm C F
That everything we lose will be a gift in time
F Dm C
But the hardest part is leaving love behind
Instrumental:
| Dm C | Bb C | Dm C | Bb | Gm F/A | C | Gm F/A | C |
Verse 4:
Dm Bb C F
The sun fades on me now and I miss you like words can't know
F Dm C
And I missed my shot at dyin' young a long time ago
Bb Dm C F
It's just a lesson learned in love, it's not angry, it's not sad
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Sometimes you gotta lose something to know what you have
F Dm C
I believe (I believe), yes, I do
Bb Dm C F
The hardest part is always leaving love behind
F Dm C
I believe (I believe), yes, I do
Bb Dm C F
Oh, that everything we lose will be a gift in time
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(I believe) I believe (Yes, I do)
F Dm C
The hardest part is leaving love behind
Written by Coy Bowles/Zac Brown/Clay Cook/Jimmy de Martini/Phil Hanseroth/Tim Hanseroth