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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Carrying a Torch</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Written by Van Morrison<br />
  17 Performed live by Bob Dylan in San Diego, CA, Oct 19, 2002<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>The lyrics vary somewhat from Van Morrison's. <br />
  21 I can't quite make out what he's singing in the last verse. Send me a
  22 note if you can hear it.</p>
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  26 <pre class="verse">
  27 [instr. verse]
  28
  29 C               G/b            Am   F
  30  I'm carryin' a torch for you
  31 C         G     F
  32  I'm carryin' a torch
  33 C              G/b         Am             F
  34  You don't know, you don't know what it's worth
  35 C        G               C
  36  To keep carryin' a torch
  37
  38 Flame of love it burns so bright
  39 That is my desire
  40 Keep on liftin' me, liftin' me up
  41 Higher and higher
  42 </pre>
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  44 <pre class="refrain">
  45 G7
  46 You're the keeper of the flame
  47 F                      C
  48  And you burn so bright
  49 G7
  50  why don't we, why don't we re-connect
  51 F                         G7
  52  And move up into the light
  53 </pre>
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  55 <pre class="verse">
  56 I've been going to and fro on this and that
  57 cause I'm still carryin' a torch
  58 You must know, You must know what it's worth
  59 To keep carryin' a torch
  60 </pre>
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  62 <pre class="refrain">
  63 Baby you're the keeper of the flame
  64 And you burn so bright
  65  why don't we, why don't we re-connect
  66 And move all up into the light
  67 </pre>
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  69 <pre class="verse">
  70 I've been calling you on the phone
  71 Cause I'm carryin' a torch
  72 I can do it all on my own
  73 Keep carryin' a torch
  74
  75 I'm carryin' a torch for you, baby
  76 I'm carryin' a torch
  77 You don't know, you don't know what it's worth
  78 To keep carryin' a torch
  79
  80 I've been carryin', I've been carryin' a torch for you, baby
  81 I keep carryin' a torch
  82 [You don't know, you don't know what it's worth]
  83                         F        G   C
  84 Cause I, I'm carryin' a torch.
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