Love Ain't For Keeping (Pete Townshend)
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Intro (Notes aren't perfectly synchronized):
Guitar I
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|Guitar II
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Chords:
G D
Layin' on my back
A
In the newly mown grass
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G D
Rain is coming down
A
But I know the clouds will pass
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D
You bring me tears
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D A
Say, the babes a-sleeping
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C G
Lay down beside me
G A
Love ain't for keeping
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G D
Black ash from the foundry
A
Hangs like a hood
G D
But the air is perfumed
A
By the burning firewood
D
The seeds are bursting
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A
The spring is seeping
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C
Lay down my darlin'
G A
Love ain't for keeping
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C G
Lay down beside me
G A
Love ain't for keeping
Guitar Solo:
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C G
Lay down beside me
G A
Love ain't for keeping
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C
Lay down my darlin'
G A
Love ain't for keeping
Outro:
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