INTRO: E A E B E Dbm A E 
 
Verse 1 
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They met upon a blue moon.......and they parted  
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on a cloudy day. 
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They were so in love and out of school.. 
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but he was going so far, far away. 
 
CHORUS: 
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She said, I'll be true to you.....even though  
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you don't want me to. 
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And I'll be blue for you, even though you've  
         A 
asked me not to. 
 
Verse 2 
E                        Ebm B           A 
Well, the year's drifted by  them, as we all  
 
know they can. 
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He found other women, but she refused other men. 
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But as fate would have it, they met again.. 
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she was on a down-hill slide, he was just sliding in. 
 
Verse 3 
      E               B                   A 
As he looked into her eyes that night, he never  
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realized..the only real love in his life was passing by. 
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When he turned and left her there, his words, goodbye. 
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He heard her calling out to him, and as he walked,  
 
she cried.. 
 
CHORUS: 
E         B       A    E          B 
I've been true to you..seems like speaking to me is  
    A 
the least that you could do. 
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And I've been blue for you, even though you've asked me  
A 
not to. 
 
Verse 4 
           E 
She'd been drinking way too hard one night, she'd been  
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drinking way too long. 
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Alone and pale in a cheap hotel, she died there in the dawn. 
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Kneeling by the grave, oh, so late, and oh, so wrong. 
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He longed to hold her close again, crying on and on. 
 
OUTRO: 
E                 B       A    E     B               A 
He cried, I'll be true to you..after all that I have put  
 
you through. 
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And I'll be blue for you, though you never even asked me to. 
 
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