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Hug [G] - Ben Sands

Verse 1:
     G       D            G                        G7            C
I remember I  wasn't much  older than four - maybe  five, at the  most
    Am                          D                            G   
the  go-to-school mornings were  colder - no such thing as a  bus [D]
    G            D              G                           G7              C
our  mother'd be  searching for  schoolbags and combing our  hair the wrong  way
       Am                      D                                                G
As she  buttered our toast and  buttoned our coats, here's what my mother would  say 
 
|[Chorus]
|   G           D           G                       G7          C
|We  all need a  hug in the  morning and one at the  end of the  day
|       Am                D                                               G     
|And as  many as possible  squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at  bay [D]
|   G            D        G                         G7           C
|No  matter, wherever you  ramble, your problems be  great or be  small
|   Am                  D                                           G
|It  is my belief - for  instant relief - a hug is the best cure of  all 
 
Verse 2:
  G           D         G                         G7             C
I  met an old  exile in  Boston, who longed to go  back home one  day 
       Am                             D                              G    
But he  thought no-one there would be  carin’, for he’d been so long  away [D]
   G            D               G                    G7          C
To  stop a tear  drop in his coffee, he gave his old  whiskers a  tug 
      Am                          D
And I  knew that he’d give all he  needed to live 
                             G
For a big welcome-home-again  hug 
 
[Chorus]

Verse 3: 
          G           D             G                   G7       C
There’s a  doctor who  lives out in  China, a master of  medical  arts 
     Am                        D                              G      
They  tell me that there is no  finer in curing all defective  parts [D]
   G              D               G               G7          C
He  says that the  very best treatment - the only  truly safe  drug 
    Am                            D
The  only elixir that surely will  fix you 
                             G
Is a big warm, old-fashioned  hug 
 
|[Chorus]
|   G           D           G                       G7          C
|We  all need a  hug in the  morning and one at the  end of the  day
|       Am                D                                               G    
|And as  many as possible  squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at  bay [D]
|   G            D        G                         G7           C
|No  matter, wherever you  ramble, your problems be  great or be  small
|   Am                  D                                           G
|It  is my belief - for  instant relief - a hug is the best cure of  all 
 
Verse 4: 
         G         D              G                        G7          C
And when  Adam was  cast from the  garden and feeling that  life was unfair 
    Am                      D                                      G     
his  temper was starting to  harden when Eve said “I've nothing to  wear” [D]
    G           D             G                         G7           C
But  God in his  mercy looked  kindly, He gave his wide  shoulders a  shrug 
     Am                       D
I’ll  give human kind a small  piece of my mind 
                      G
And so he created the  hug 
 
[Chorus]

Verse 5: 
  G           D         G                          G7            C
A  letter can  bring consolation, a phone call can  brighten the  night 
       Am                    D                                           G      
In the  midst of great aggravation, they can put at least some things to  right [D]
    G                D                G                             G7             C
But  when your heart  feels like it's  breaking, your life slipping  down past the  plug
        Am                                D
And you  feel like a ghost, the thing you  want most 
                         G
Is someone to give you a  hug 
 
|[Chorus]
|   G           D           G                       G7          C
|We  all need a  hug in the  morning and one at the  end of the  day
|       Am                D                                               G    
|And as  many as possible  squeezed in between to keep life's troubles at  bay [D]
|   G            D        G                         G7           C
|No  matter, wherever you  ramble, your problems be  great or be  small
|   Am                  D                                           G
|It  is my belief - for  instant relief - a hug is the best cure of  all

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