Key: G
Introduction: G C D G
C G
Well, I saw a man today and he looked like you
C D C
And I found myself staring like a fool
G
'Til he turned and I had to look away
C G G7
'Cause he was just a statue made of clay
C
Statues made of clay, so pretty and so cheaply made
G
But they don't weather well
D
Like the strong granite stone
C D G C D G
They crumble and they leave you all alone
C G
Now I've been on the road, a country singer with a band
C D
Playing all the honky-tonks and the one-night stands
C G
But I think about you when you're far away
C G G7
And this road seems like a statue made of clay
C
Statues made of clay, so pretty and so cheaply made
G
But they don't weather well
D
Like the strong granite stone
C D G
They crumble and they leave you all alone
C G D C E
A D A
Now you and I, we've been through the hardest times
D E
There've been lonely nights and days without a dime
D A
But my love for you grows stronger day by day
D A A7
'Cause you're not just a statue made of clay
D
Statues made of clay, so pretty and so cheaply made
A
But they don't weather well
E
Like the strong granite stone
D E A
They crumble and they leave you all alone
D E A AbA