Intro: Dm7   Dm7 Dbm7 Cm7   Cm7 Dbm7 Dm7

Verse 1:
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   The sweetest thing I've ever known
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Was like a kiss on the collarbone
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Soft caress of happiness
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The way you walk, your style of dress
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I wish I didn't get so weak
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Ooo, baby, just to hear you speak
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Makes me argue just to see
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How much you're in love with me

Chorus 1:
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See, like a queen, a queen   upon her throne
           Dm7           Dm7      Dbm7    Cm7    Cm7 Dbm7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
           Dm7           Dm7      Dbm7    Cm7    Cm7 Dbm7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know

Verse 2:
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    I get mad when you walk away
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So I tell you "Leave", when I mean "Stay"
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Warm as the sun dipped in black
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Fingertips on the small of my back
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More valuable than all   I    own   
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    Like your precious, precious, precious, precious, precious dark skin tone

Bridge:
           Dm7           Dm7      Dbm7    Cm7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
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It was the...
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Ah,               I tried to explain
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    Ah,        but baby, it's in vain

Verse 3:
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    Speaking on my mother's phone
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The touching makes me think I'm grown
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Sweet prince of the ghetto
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Your kisses taste like amaretto
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Intoxicating, oh, so    intoxicating
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   How sad, how sad that all things come to an end

Chorus 2:
          Ebmaj7 Dm7          Cm7         Cm7 Dbm7
But then again,      I'm, I'm not alone
           Dm7           Dm7      Dbm7    Cm7    Cm7 Dbm7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
           Dm7           Dm7      Dbm7    Cm7
It was the sweet,        sweetest thing I know

Outro:
Gbm7 Bm7 Gbm7 Bm7    Gbm7        Bm7               Gbm7 Bm7
     I           sometimes watch you in your sleep
Gm7 C9  Gm7 C9       Gm7         C9        Gm7 C9
    Ah,       excuse me if I get too cheesy,      hey
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It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know...