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Intro (no real tempo yet):

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Fig 1: play once as intro and then once for beginning of first vers.

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Fig 2: Play once for second half of first verse.

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Fig 3: Play four times for first verse.

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I’m lazy and you have all the tab now and can figure out which figures are played when by listening to the song.

listen close, as close as I am to you
like the bell of liberty, I’ll ring a sound that’s true

and days go by and seasons too
in time our love may digress with the words we can renew
I’ll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don’t know if I’d survive
without a friend like you in my life

and I know words can be the worst to prevail
how it is I feel for you it’s hard for me to say
but if we keep it simple I think it’s better that way
tangled words tend to lead my messages astray

I’ll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don’t know if I’d survive
without a friend like you in my life

this web we weave holds us hand in hand
and if we loosen our grips we may weaken these strands
so lets reinforce our love and let it echo through the land
and if we don’t we may find ourselves washed up with the sand

I’ll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don’t know if I’d survive
without a friend like you in my life