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Date: November 2, 1998

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BY THE BOOK    Michael Peterson

D            A             Bm               D

As I slowly turn the pages I see all these smiling faces

G                 D            A               A7

It's hard to be-lieve it was today ten years a-go

D              D       Bm                D

Here is the invitation To our wedding celebration

G                                              A

Just look at the promise that these pictures show  I know

           G                D

If I had loved her by the book

              Bm        A      D

She would be right here by my side

D               G 

The fool that I am

        D                   Bm

I overlooked my promist to love her forever

Bm

For worst or for better 

Bm                                Em      A       D      

We'd still be together If I had loved her by the book

D                 A              Bm           D

If I opened this book more often I wouldn't have forgotten

G              D                    A              A7

How much she cared and how much I meant my solomn vows

D             A               Bm        D

To honor To have and hold her But as I read them over

G                                      A

I know it's too late to say I'm sorry now Somehow

G                D

If I had loved her by the book

              Bm        A      D

She would be right here by my side

D               G 

The fool that I am

        D                   Bm

I overlooked my promist to love her forever

Bm

For worst or for better 

Bm                                Em            

We'd still be together If I had loved her 

G                D

If I had loved her by the book

              Bm        A      D

She would be right here by my side

D               G 

The fool that I am

        D                   Bm

I overlooked my promist to love her forever

Bm

For worst or for better 

Bm                                Em      A       D      

We'd still be together If I had loved her by the book

           Em       A      D

If I had loved her by the book





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