Key: A
Introduction: E D A/E E A
A D
Operator please connect me with nineteen eighty two
E D E A
I need to make apologies for what I ___ didn't do
A D Bm
I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through
E A
And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to
E
They say hind sights twenty, twenty
A D
But I'm nearly going blind
B7
From staring at her photograph
E
And wishing she was mine
A
It's that same ole lost love story
D Bm
It's sad, but it's true
E
There was a time when she was mine
A
In nineteen eighty two
B E
Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp
F# E F# B
One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely man
B E Dbm
Back into the wasted years of my living past
F# B
I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last
F#
They say hind sights twenty, twenty
B E
But I'm nearly going blind
Db7
From staring at her photograph
F#
And wishing she was mine
B
It's that same ole lost love story
E Dbm
It's sad, but it's true
F#
There was a time when she was mine
B
In nineteen eighty two
F#
Losing my mind going back in time
B E B F# B
Two nineteen eighty two