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C Cmaj9 Dm7 2x C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7 I read by line by line by line C Cmaj9 F/C Em Some words of yours, some words of mine Gadd9 F Dsus4 G Some sentiments are best forgot Em7 F(add9 Some letters read then folded shut C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7 The profile on the postage stamp C Cmaj9 F/C Em I traced it by my reading lamp G9 F Dsus4 G Remembered when I'd sit and wait Em7 F(add9 Then marked our parting from that date C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7 I read by line by line by line C Cmaj9 F/C Em That old sarcastic Valentine G9 F Dsus4 G That you denied you'd sent to me Em7 Then took it back F It's a thought that we shared, a careless phrase Dm7 A curse or a joke, some words of praise Bbmaj7 But I didn't write Gm Did you wonder why? G It was the easiest way to say "Goodbye" C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7 You'll see my photo beside the article C Cmaj9 F/C Em "That's just some guy I used to know G9 F I was never his Dsus4 G He was always mine Em7 F(add9 But I wrote him off by line by line" C Cmaj9 Dm7 Em7 C Cmaj9 By line by line by line by line by line by line Dm7 C By line by line