[Verse 1]
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I laid on a dune
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I looked at the sky
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When the children were babies
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And played on the beach
You came up to behind me
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I saw you go by
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You were always so close
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and still within' reach
[Chorus 1]
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Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Whatever made you want to change your mind
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
So easy to look at, so hard to define.
[Verse 2]
I can still see them playin'
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With their pails in the sand
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They run to the water
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Their buckets to fill
I can still see the shells
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Fallin' out of their hands
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As they follow each other
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Back up the hill
[Chorus 2]
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Radiant jewel, mystical wife
[Verse 3]
Sleepin' in the woods
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By a fire in the night
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Drinkin' white rum
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In a Portugal bar
Them playin' leap-frog
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And hearin' about Snow White
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You in the market place
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In Savanna-la-Mar
[Chorus 3]
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
It's all so clear, I could never forget
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Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Lovin' you is the one thing I'll never regret
[Verse 4]
I can still hear the sounds
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Of those Methodist bells
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I'd taken the cure
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And had just gotten through
Stayin' up for days
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In the Chelsea Hotel
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Writin' "Sad-Eyed Lady
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Of the Lowlands" for you
[Chorus 4]
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Wherever we travel we're never apart
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Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart
[Verse 5]
How did I meet you
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I don't know
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D# messenger sent me
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In a tropical storm
You were there in the winter
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Moonlight on the snow
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And on Lily Pond Lane
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When the weather was warm
[Chorus 5]
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress
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Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
You must forgive me my unworthiness
[Verse 6]
Now the beach is deserted
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Except for some kelp
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And a piece of an old ship
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That lies on the shore
You always responded
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When I needed your help
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You gimme a map
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And a key to your door
[Chorus 6]
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow
C# Fm F#
Sara, oh oh Sara
G# F# A#m
Don't ever leave me, don't ever go
[Outro]
(harmonica, similar to the intro)
(arpegiatte)
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