Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
G
D
Verse 1
Em
D
G
And the little man come in so fast and
And the broad who served the whiskey
D
A
G
She was a big old friendly girl.
G
A
By smilin' at the world.
Verse 2
F#m
B
Since you been around.
Em
A
Where the hell you been hidin'?
G
Em
D
A
D
And why you look so down ?"
Verse 3
G
A
But the little man just sat there like
Em
A
he'd never heard a sound.
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Verse 4
Cm
G
The waitress she gave out with a cough,
Bb
F
And acting not the least put off,
Em
A
She spoke once again.
Verse 5
Consider it's understood.
Em
F#m
A
I know I'm not
A
Em
A
But I sure can listen good."
D
Verse 6
Em
D
And he raised it to his lips.
Em
D
He took a couple of sips.
Em
A
And he told the waitress this story.
D
Verse 7
C
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down at Miller's Tool and Die.
G
F#m
And I watch the metal rusting,
Bm
C
and I watch the time go by.
A
G
A week ago at the diner I
F#m
B
stopped to get a bite.
Em
A
And this here lovely lady she sat
G
Em
D
two seats from my right.
Em
D
G
Abdim
A
D
Lord she was alright.
Verse 8
D
C
G
D
could warm a winter's frost.
G
F#m
But she was long past lonely,
Bm
C
and well nigh kinda lost.
A
G
Now I'm not much of a mover,
F#m
B
or a pick -em-up easy easy easy guy,
Em
A
But I decided to glide on over,
G
D
and give her one good try.
D
Em
D
G
Abdim
A
D
Lord she was worth a try.
Verse 9
D
A
D
Am
"I was Tongued-tied like like a school boy,
C
G
D
and I stammered out some words.
G
F#m
But it did not seem to matter much,
B
Bm
C
'cause I don't think she heard.
A
G
She just looked clear on through
B
Em
A
And it shamed me into silence,
G
D
as quietly she said,
D
A
Cause I know I'm going nowhere,
Em
A
Em
A
D
G
Em
A
Em
A
and anywhere's a better place to be.
A
D
place to be.'
Verse 10
D
"I drove her to my boarding house,
Em
B
And I went to turn on the only light
Em
G
A
to brighten up the gloom.
D
Dm
D
But she said, 'Please leave the light off,
G
Gm
G
Gm
Oh I don't mind the dark.'
G
F
And as her clothes all tumbled 'round her,
Em
A
I could hear my heart.
D
Dm
D
Am
The moonlight shown upon her
C
G
D
as she lay back in my bed.
G
F#m
It was the kind of scene I only
B
Bm
C
had imagined in my head.
A
G
I just could not believe it,
Em
F#m
B
to think that she was real.
Em
A
G
Em
And as I tried to tell her she said
F#m
A
'Cause I've been oh so lonely,
D
F#m
A
Em
A
D
G
Em
A
Em
A
lovin' someone is a bet ter way to be.
Anywhere's a better way to
D
be.'
A
Verse 11
D
C
G
D
I held her in my arms.
G
F#m
But she slept like a baby,
Bm
C
snug and safe from harm.
A
G
I did not want to share her or
F#m
B
dare to break the mood,
Em
A
G
So before she woke I went out to buy
D
Dm
Verse 12
"I came back with my paper bag,
D
Gm
to find that she was gone.
Gm
D
time that I moved on.'"
Interlude 1
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G
D
G
D
Verse 13
Em
Em
And as she spoke her voice came out
G
A
as something like a sigh.
G
A
fat, I wish that you were mine.
G
A
And I wish that you'd come with me,
F#m
B
when I leave for home.
Em
A
For we both know all about loneliness,
G
Em
and livin' all alone."
D
Verse 14
F#m
Looked at the empty glass in his hand.
Em
D
And he smiled a crooked grin,
Em
D
He said, " I guess I'm out of gin.
Em
D
Em
A
And know we both have been so lonely.
D
G
And if you want me to come with you,
A
Em
'Cause I know I'm goin' nowhere and
A
Em
A
D
anywhere's a better place to be."
Outro 1
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D
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