Intro
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D# A#/D Cm D#maj7
And Aubrey was her name
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F not so very ordinary girl or name
[Verse 1]
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But who's to blame for a love
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That wouldn't bloom
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For the hearts that never played in tune
[Chorus 1]
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Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing
Fm7 D#/G G# Cm/A
Take away the words that rhyme, it doesn't mean a thing
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[Intro Repeat]
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And Aubrey was her name
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We tripped the light and danced together to the moon
[Verse 2]
D# A#/D Cm Cmmaj9 D#maj7 Cm/A
But where was June? No it ne.....ver came around
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If it did, it never made a sound
[Chorus 1]
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Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast
Fm7 D#/G G# Cm/A
Catching all the words but then the meaning going past
[Chorus 2]
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And God, I miss the girl
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And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be
G#m D#
Closer to her than to me
[Instrumental]
A#/D Cm D#maj7 G# G#/G Fm7 Fm7/A#
[Intro Repeat]
D# A#/D Cm D#maj7
And Aubrey was her name
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I never knew her but I loved her just the same
[Verse 3]
D# A#/D Cm Cmmaj9 D#maj7 Cm/A
I loved her name. Wished that I had found a way
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And the reasons that would make her stay
[Chorus 1]
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I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest
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If I can't have the one I want, I'll do without the best
[Chorus 3]
D#maj7 Cmmaj9 Cm7
Oh, how I miss the girl
D#7 G#
And I'd go a million times around the world just to say
G#m D#
She had been mine for a day.