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The Blanket Of The Nights(Chords)

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	        'The Blanket Of Night' 
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Paper cup of the boat 
C                            F 
Heaving chest of the sea 
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Carry both of us 
F               C 
Carry her, carry me 

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From the place we were born 
C                               F 
To the land of the free 
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Carry both of us 
F                 C 
Carry her, carry me 

F             Ab    F 
The       o---cea   n 
F                         G 
That bears us from our home 
            C   G 
Could save  u   s 
   G                 F 
Or take us for it's own 

The danger 
                        G        
That life should lead us here 
        C      G 
My      an    gel 
                        C 
Could I have steered us clear? 

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Gone, the light from her eyes 
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With the lives that we made 
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Just the two of us 
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In the night on the waves 

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Moving silent her lips 
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By the moon's only light 
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Sowing silver prayers 
F            Eb       C 
In the blanket of night 

F               Ab  F 
The         o   cea n 
                          G 
That bears us from our home 
           C   G 
Could save u   s 
                      F 
Or take us for it's own 
                Ab       F 
The       dan   ger 
                         G 
That life should lead us here 
           C    G 
My      an ge   l 
                         C 
Could I have steered us clear? 

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Paper cup of the boat 
C                            F 
Heaving chest of the sea 
Ab                 
Carry both of us 
F                        C 
Or, swallow her, swallow me
	        

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