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Emotions: Sad Songs

Well, bum everybody out, why don't you! These are songs for the more somber moods. Your tear ducts will be jerked and your heartstrings overworked as you contemplate these melancholy tunes. They range from mournful ballads dedicated to a loss to glum dwellings about the rotten state of everything in general.

While they take a sour worldview, don't think of sad songs as a negative thing. Think of them as a healing catharsis, letting tears wash the soul of residual angst in preparation for facing the next dawn with a new lease on life.

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  All I Want
  Kodaline
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  Alone Again, Naturally
  Gilbert O'Sullivan
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  Alyssa Lies
  Jason Michael Carroll
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  Amazing Grace
  Judy Collins
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  Amazing Grace
  Elvis Presley
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  Angel
  Sarah McLachlan
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  Angels
  Robbie Williams
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  Apologize
  OneRepublic
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  Are You Lonesome Tonight?
  Elvis Presley
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  Asleep
  Smiths, The
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  AVF
  Stromae
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  Back to December
  Taylor Swift
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  Bartender Song
  Rehab
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  Because of You
  Kelly Clarkson
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  Best I Ever Had
  Gary Allan
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  Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)
  Vertical Horizon
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  Big Girls Don't Cry
  Fergie
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  Black
  Pearl Jam
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  Black Chandelier
  Biffy Clyro
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  Black Eyed Dog
  Nick Drake
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  Bloodstream
  Chainsmokers, The
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  Blue
  Patsy Cline
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  Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  Green Day
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  Breathe
  Taylor Swift
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  Brick
  Ben Folds Five
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  Bridge Over Troubled Water
  Simon & Garfunkel
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  Bright Eyes
  Art Garfunkel
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  Bring Me To Life
  Evanescence
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  Broken
  Seether
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  Broken Vow
  Josh Groban
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  Brothers in Arms
  Dire Straits
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  Butterfly
  Weezer
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  Bye Bye
  Mariah Carey
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  Cancer
  My Chemical Romance
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  Candle in the Wind
  Elton John
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  Carrying Cathy
  Ben Folds
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  Casimir Pulaski Day
  Sufjan Stevens
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  Cat's in the Cradle
  Harry Chapin
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  Christmas Shoes
  NewSong
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  Clean
  Depeche Mode
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  Coat of Many Colors
  Dolly Parton
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  Colder Weather
  Zac Brown Band
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  Concrete Angel
  Martina McBride
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  Creep
  Radiohead
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  Cry Me a River
  Justin Timberlake
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  Crying in the Rain
  Everly Brothers, The
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  Danger - Keep Away
  Slipknot
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  Daniel
  Elton John
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  Disarm
  Smashing Pumpkins
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  Don't Change Your Plans
  Ben Folds Five
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  Don't Let Me Get Me
  Pink
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  Don't You Worry Child
  Swedish House Mafia
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  Dream On
  Aerosmith
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  Drugs or Me
  Jimmy Eat World
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  Dust in the Wind
  Kansas
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  Eleanor Rigby
  Beatles
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  Evaporated
  Ben Folds Five
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  Even the Nights Are Better
  Air Supply
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  Everybody Hurts
  REM
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  Exodus
  Evanescence
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  Fade To Black
  Metallica
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  Faded
  Alan Walker
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  Fall For You
  Secondhand Serenade
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  Falling Inside the Black
  Skillet
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  Family Portrait
  Pink
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  Farther Away
  Evanescence
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  Feel the Tide
  Mumford & Sons
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  Fire and Rain
  James Taylor
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  Fix You
  Coldplay
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  For No One
  Beatles
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  Forgiven
  Within Temptation
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  Forgiven
  Skillet
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  Friends
  Michael W Smith
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  Frozen
  Within Temptation
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  Georgia on My Mind
  Ray Charles
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  Glycerine
  Bush
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  Goodbye My Lover
  James Blunt
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  Goodbye to Love
  Carpenters, The
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  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  Elton John
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  Grown Men Don't Cry
  Tim McGraw
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  Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
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  He Stopped Loving Her Today
  George Jones
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  Hello
  Evanescence
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  Hero
  Skillet
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  Hide and Seek
  Imogen Heap
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  Homeward Bound
  Simon & Garfunkel
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  How Can I Help You Say Goodbye
  Patty Loveless
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  How Soon is Now?
  t.A.T.u.
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  How Soon Is Now?
  Smiths, The
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  How To Disappear Completely
  Radiohead
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  How to Save a Life
  Fray, The
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  Hurt
  Nine Inch Nails
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  Hurt
  Johnny Cash
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  Hymn for the Missing
  Red
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  I Am A Rock
  Simon & Garfunkel
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  I Believe
  Diamond Rio
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  I Don't Like Mondays
  Boomtown Rats
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  I Fall to Pieces
  Patsy Cline
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  I Go to Sleep
  Pretenders, The
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  I Know It's Over
  Smiths, The
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  I Miss You
  Blink 182
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  I See Everything
  La Dispute
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  I Will Always Love You
  Whitney Houston
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  I Will Always Love You
  Dolly Parton
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  I Will Remember You
  Sarah McLachlan
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  I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
  Meat Loaf
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  I'm Already There
  Lonestar
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  I'm not Okay (I Promise)
  My Chemical Romance
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  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  Hank Williams
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  If
  Bread
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  If You Could Read My Mind
  Gordon Lightfoot
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  If You're Reading This
  Tim McGraw
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  In My Life
  Beatles
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  In The End
  Linkin Park
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  In the Ghetto
  Elvis Presley
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  Iris
  Goo Goo Dolls
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  It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
  Boyz II Men
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  Just a Toy
  Barenaked Ladies
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  Kiss It Better
  He Is We
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  Lacrymosa
  Evanescence
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  Landslide
  Fleetwood Mac
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  Last Kiss
  Pearl Jam
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  Leave Me Alone
  New Order
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  Leave Out All The Rest
  Linkin Park
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  Leaving On a Jet Plane
  John Denver
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  Let It Be
  Beatles
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  Lies
  Evanescence
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  Lightning Crashes
  Live
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  Lime Tree
  Bright Eyes
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  Lithium
  Evanescence
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  Love Me Again
  John Newman
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  Love Of My Life
  Queen
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  Love, Me
  Collin Raye
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  Lucky
  Britney Spears
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  Lucy
  Skillet
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  Mad World
  Tears For Fears
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  Make Me Wanna Die
  Pretty Reckless, The
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  Missing
  Evanescence
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  Mother
  John Lennon
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  Mr Bojangles
  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The
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  My Heart is Broken
  Evanescence
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  My Heart will go on
  Celine Dion
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  My Immortal
  Evanescence
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  My Last Breath
  Evanescence
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  Name
  Goo Goo Dolls
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  Need You Now
  Lady Antebellum
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  Never Surrender
  Skillet
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  Nine Crimes
  Damien Rice
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  No Bravery
  James Blunt
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  No More Drama
  Mary J. Blige
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  No Surprises
  Radiohead
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  Nobody's Home
  Avril Lavigne
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  Nothing Compares to You
  Sinéad O'Connor
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  November Rain
  Guns N' Roses
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  Nowhere Man
  Beatles
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  October
  Evanescence
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  Old Man
  Neil Young
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  One
  U2
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  One More Day
  Diamond Rio
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  One Sweet Day
  Mariah Carey
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  Over and Over
  Three Days Grace
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  Paint Me A Birmingham
  Tracy Lawrence
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  Perfect
  Simple Plan
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  Pictures of You
  Cure, The
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  Please Don't Leave Me
  Pink
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  Pushing Me Away
  Linkin Park
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  Rain
  Creed
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  Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
  B.J. Thomas
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  Raining in Baltimore
  Counting Crows
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  Rainy Days and Mondays
  Carpenters, The
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  Redemption Song
  Bob Marley
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  Rise Above This
  Seether
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  Sad
  Maroon 5
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  Sally's Song
  Evanescence
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  Sally's Song
  Fiona Apple
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  Same Old Lang Syne
  Dan Fogelberg
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  Say Goodbye
  Skillet
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  Say Something
  A Great Big World
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  Scars
  Papa Roach
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  Seasons
  DragonForce
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  Seasons in the Sun
  Terry Jacks
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  Shadow of the Day
  Linkin Park
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  She's Leaving Home
  Beatles
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  She's Out of My Life
  Michael Jackson
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  Silence
  Marshmello
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  Somebody That I Used to Know
  Gotye
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  Somewhere
  Within Temptation
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  Sonnet
  Verve, The
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  Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  Elton John
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  Stolen
  Dashboard Confessional
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  Tears In Heaven
  Eric Clapton
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  Terrible Things
  Mayday Parade
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  The Blower's Daughter
  Damien Rice
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  The Change
  Evanescence
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  The Last Night
  Skillet
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  The Little Girl
  John Michael Montgomery
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  The Little Things Give You Away
  Linkin Park
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  The Living Years
  Mike + The Mechanics
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  The Long and Winding Road
  Beatles
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  The Man Who Sold The World
  Nirvana
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  The Man Who Sold the World
  David Bowie
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  The Man Who Sold The World
  Lulu
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  The One
  Chainsmokers, The
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  The Only One
  Evanescence
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  The River
  Bruce Springsteen
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  The River
  Garth Brooks
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  The Scientist
  Coldplay
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  The Thunder Rolls
  Garth Brooks
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  This Used to Be My Playground
  Madonna
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  Ticket to Ride
  Carpenters, The
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  To Where You Are
  Josh Groban
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  Tonight I Wanna Cry
  Keith Urban
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  Torn
  Natalie Imbruglia
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  Tourniquet
  Evanescence
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  Unanswered Prayers
  Garth Brooks
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  Unfaithful
  Rihanna
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  Untitled
  Simple Plan
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  Valentine's Day
  Linkin Park
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  Vincent
  Don McLean
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  We've Only Just Begun
  Carpenters, The
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  Welcome to the Black Parade
  My Chemical Romance
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  What Hurts the Most
  Rascal Flatts
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  What Might Have Been
  Little Texas
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  When You're Gone
  Avril Lavigne
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  Where Will You Go
  Evanescence
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  Whiskey Lullaby
  Brad Paisley
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  Whisper
  Evanescence
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  Who Knew
  Pink
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  With Or Without You
  U2
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  Yayo
  Lana Del Rey
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  Yesterday
  Beatles
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  You Know You're Right
  Nirvana
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  You Owe Me
  Chainsmokers, The
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  You're Gonna Miss This
  Trace Adkins
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  Your Song
  Elton John
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  Yours to Hold
  Skillet

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