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I wanted to make something sweet
   Dm        F    Am        C
The blood inside a maple tree
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The sunlight trapped inside the wood
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Make something good

[Verse 2]

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I wanted to make something strong
  Dm        F    Am        C
An organ pipe in a cathedral
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That stays in tune through a thousand blooms
  Dm        F    Am        C
Make something good

[Chorus]

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It's a gonna take a long, long time
  Dm        F    Am        C
But we're gonna make something so fine

 C     C

[Verse 3]

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I wanted to make something pure
  Dm        F    Am        C
An emerald field from steer manure
  Dm        F    Am        C
A wild-eyed child in a moonlit room
  Dm        F    Am        C
Make something good

[Verse 4]

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I wanted to make something built to last
  Dm        F    Am        C
A bottled ship with a golden mast
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And through the squall the course stays true
  Dm        F    Am        C
Make something good
  Dm        F    Am        C
Make something good

[Chorus]

  Dm        F    Am        C
It's gonna take a long, long time
  Dm        F    Am        C
But we're gonna make something so fine
  Dm        F    Am        C
It's gonna take a long, long time
  Dm        F    Am        C
But we're gonna make something so fine