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12th of June
Recorded by Lyle Lovett
Album: 12th of June (2022)
(Capo on 5)
(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (D/F#) / |(G) / / / |
|(Em) / (D/F#) / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (D/F#) / |(G) / / / |
(Verse)
(G) Before (Em)spring turned (C)into summer (G)
After (Em)night turned (C)into day (G)
They were (Em)born on (C)Monday (G)morning
In the (Em)days just (C)after (G) May
In the days (Em) just (C) after (G)May (G)
(Chorus)
By the (D)banks of San Ja-(G)cinto
Play for (D)me a happy (G)tune
And of (Em)all the (C)days I (G)loved
I loved (Em)best the (D/F#)12th of June (G)
I loved (Em)best the (D/F#)12th of June (G)
(Verse)
He was (Em)strong a-(C)cross his (G)shoulders
She was (Em)deli-(C)cate of (G)skin
And their (Em)mother (C)lay there (G)ashen
As we (G)held them (D/F#)to our (G)breast
As we (Em) held them (D/F#) to our (G) breast
(Chorus)
By the (D)banks of San Ja-(G)cinto
Play for (D)me (D/F#) a (D/A)happy (G)tune
And of (Em)all the (C)days I (G)loved
I loved (Em)best the (D/F#)12th of June (G)
I loved (Em)best the (D/F#)12th of June (G)
(Solo)
|(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |
|(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (D/F#) / |(G) / / / |
|(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |
|(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (D/F#) / |(G) / / / |
|(Em) / (D/F#) / |(G) / / / |(G) /
(Verse)
All I (D)am I'd gladly give (G)them(G)
All I (D)am they will ex-(G)ceed
One (Em)thing I (C)know for (G)sure
Is they (Em)improve the (D/F#)likes of me (G)
They make a (Em) better (D/F#)man (G)of me
So to my (Em) father (C)and my mother (G)
And all our (Em) fathers (C) gone be-(G)fore
There are (Em)those (C)who walk a-(G)bove us
Who re-(G)member (D/F#)that we (G)were
They will (Em)remember (D/F#)that we (G) were
And to these (Em) beauti-(C)ful two (G)children
And to my (Em) sweet and (C) tender (G)wife
I will (Em)love you (C)three for-(G)ever
Through I (Em) fly be-(D/F#)yond this (G)life
Through I (Em) fly (D/F#)beyond (G)this life
(Chorus)
By the (D)banks of San Ja-(G)cinto
Play for (D)me (D/F#) a (D)happy (G)tune
Of (Em)all the (C)days I (G)loved
I loved (Em)best the (D/F#)12th of June (G)
(Chorus)
By the (D)banks of San Ja-(G)cinto
When they (D)lay (D/F#) me in my (G)tomb
Of (Em)all the days (C) I loved (G)
There are (Em)so many (C)days I’ve (G) loved
Of all (Em) the days (C) I (G)loved
I loved (Em)best the (D/F#)12th of June (G)
I loved (Em)best the (D/F#)12th of June (G) - - - - -
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