Tom: C
Introdução:
C/G CEm Am C F7+(2x)
C/G Em
There was a pretty girl
Am C F7+
from some small suburb of Dallas
C/G Em Am C F7+
and she came up to New York with a dream
C/G Em
In the confusion and the noise
Am C F7+
all of her beauty and her poise
C/G Em C
turned grey like snow beside the city street
C/G Em
she met a boy named Steven
Am C F7+
they made love in his apartment
C/G Em Am C F7+
in a second story walk up out in Queens
C Em
and the things she hoped to find
Am F7+
beneath him on that August night
C Em
was the farthest thing from her
Am C F7+
as she dressed to leave
F7+ G6 C
so she hides her eyes
F7+ G6 C
says a slow goodbye
F7+ G6 C Em F7+
swears by the morn-ing light, she'll be fine
C Em
at a wedding in Connecticut
Am F7+
the mother of the bride
C Em Am C F7+
day dreams about her husband who's just past
C Em
as she stands to give her toast
Am F7+
she says the only thing i know
C Em
is when you find a love thats worth it
C
make it last
C Em
so she chokes back the tears
Am F7+
and speaks of all her daughters years
C Em Am C F7+
thirty christmas' of memories that she keeps
C Em
and the speech was sad and sweet
Am F7+
she kisses guests as they all leave
C Em C
then heads off to her hotel room to weep
F7+ G6 C
so she bides her time
F7+ G6 C
and says a slow goodbye
F7+ G6 C Em C
swears by the morn-ing light, she'll be fine
F7+ G6 C
yeah she hides her eyes
F7+ G6 C
though its hard some nights
F7+ G6 C Em F7+
she'll take her own sweet time, she'll be fine
C/GEm C F7+x2
C/G Em
A welder who spent twenty years
Am F7+
working in an auto plant
C/G Em Am C F7+
gets laid off on a thursday afternoon
C/G Em
and he grips the fourty-five
Am F7+
that rests in the glove box when he drives
C/G Em Am C F7+
then puts the gun away and wonders what to do
C/G Em
so he parks in his driveway
Am F7+
and head against the steering wheel
C/G Em Am C F7+
and tries to think what to tell his wife
C/G Em
and in the kitchen, he explains
Am F7+
and swears they'll be okay
C/G Em Am C
she says, you're the only thing i need in this life
F7+ G6 C
so he bides his time
F7+ G6 C
and says a slow goodbye
F7+ G6 C Em F7+
swears by the morn-ing light, he'll be fine
F7+ G6 C
yes he hides his eyes
F7+ G6 C
though its hard some nights
F7+ G6 C Em F7+
he'll take his own sweet time, and he'll be fine
C/GEm Am F7+ C/GEm C