On The Avalon Stairs

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Ooh,    Ooh

[Verse 1]
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So mystifying
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when you're back from wandering
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and finding once again
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that you're hanging on for dear life
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the family tendency of bruising easily

[Chorus]
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We all make vows to ourselves
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not to keep these things so close to our chests
                    F#m        B7
But it's so hard to promise ourselves
              A  E   D
that we won't lie to ourselves
              A  E   D
that we won't lie to ourselves

[Interlude]
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          Ooh

[Verse 2]
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Today a little further from the shore
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And maybe tomorrow into the volcano you go
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It's hard to say, but all you know
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Is that you got no kids to take
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Your ashes to the lake

[Verse 3]
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There are all kinds of stories we tell
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Starry-eyed in stereo
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And the only thing that we miss
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Is remembering what to forget
       A    E          D
Remembering what to forget

[Solo]
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[Chorus]
       D        F#m        D
And we all make vows to ourselves
                  A         E            D
not to keep these things so close to our chests
                    F#m        B7
But it's so hard to promise ourselves
              A  E   D
that we won't lie to ourselves
              A  E   D
that we won't lie to ourselves

[Outro]
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Oh, that we won't lie to ourselves,
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to ourselves