WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Judy Collins - Song For Duke Chords | Ver. 1
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I didn't even know the man
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I didn't know the man himself
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Even though his music filled my life
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As it has so many others
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I knew that he had died that week
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After fighting death a year or more
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But I had had a rule before
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That funerals were a waste of flowers
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But something said I had to go
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To be a witness to his gift of love
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A man who never once gave up on life
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Until death took him in its tracks
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The people stood around the church
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Ten thousand people there they say or more
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Black and white and rich and poor
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Together they were there to say farewell
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In New York City it had rained that day
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The streets were silver and the sky was gray
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In the church the music sailed and sang
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And seemed to fill the air with shining sun
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The man was a hero
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He played the music of our souls
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He knew that we all have in us
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A place where beauty always grows
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Outside in the streets again
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The people wandered through the falling rain
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They waved their hands and dried their tears
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And turned to go about their lives again
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But none of us will be the same
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If we hear the things his music says
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That loving is the gift of life
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And making music was his way of love
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The man was a hero
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He sang the music of our souls
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He knew that we all have in us
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A place where beauty always grows
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Always grows
