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Song Name: Affair on 8th Avenue By: Gordon Lightfoot
Posted By: franco Difficulty: Beginner
Key: C Genre: Love
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2013-06-28 20:42:45 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

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 The perfume that she wore

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 was from some little store

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 On the down side of town

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 But it lingered on long after she'd gone
 
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 I remember it well

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 And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light

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 And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night

** Or, if you prefer, keep it in a lower octave:

(( 4 -4    5  5    5   -4   -4   4  4   4   -4
 And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light

 4  -4  5     5     5  -5 5    5  -5    5   4   -4
And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night))


 Her long flowing hair came softly undone
 And it lay all around
 And she brushed it down as I stood by her side
 In the warmth of her love

 And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
 And we played a game only she could win
 And she told me a riddle I'll never forget
 Then left with the answer I've never found yet

 How long, said she, can a moment like this
 Belong to someone
 What's wrong, what is right, when to live or to die
 We must almost be born
 So if you should ask me what secrets I hide
 I'm only your lover, don't make me decide

 The perfume that she wore was from some little store
 On the down side of town
 But it lingered on long after she'd gone
 I remember it well

 And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
 And we played a game only she could win
 And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
 And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night