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TEN SUMMONER’S TALES
.. PROLOGUE (IF | EVER LOSE MY FAITH IN YOU)
.. LOVE IS STRONGER THAN JUSTICE (THE MUNIFICIENT SEVEN)
.. HEAVY CLOUD NO RAIN
.. SHE'S T00 GOOD FOR ME
.. SEVEN DAYS
.. SAINT AUGUSTINE IN HELL
.. FIELDS OF GOLD
.. [T'S PROBABLY ME
.. SHAPE ON MY HEART
.. SOMETHING THE BOY SAID
.. EPILOGUE (NOTHING ‘BOUT ME)"
FIELDS OF GOLD
Words and Music by
STING
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stay with me, will you be my — love
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the fields_ You'll for - get the
mong the fields_ We'll for - get thewe walk in fields_ of gold.
lie in fields of gold.
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in fields_ of gold.4
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mem-ber me
—— sum-mer_ days a +mong the fields of bar ley.
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HEAVY CLOUD NO RAIN
‘Words and Music by
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IF | EVER LOSE MY FAITH IN YOU
Words and Music by
STING
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You could say I Jost my faith in sei -
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IT’S PROBABLY ME
Words and Music by STING,
ERIC CLAPTON and MICHAEL KAMEN
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Em(mgj9) Em6/9 Em(maj9) Em6/9 Em6LOVE IS STRONGER THAN JUSTICE
(THE MUNIFICENT SEVEN)
Words and Music by
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SOMETHING THE BOY SAID
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