Key: Eb major
Verse 1
Eb
Gm
Cm
Ab
Eb
Gm
Ab
Eb
Gm
There was a pretty girl
Cm
Ab
From some small suburb of Dallas
Eb
Gm
Ab
And she came up to New York with a dream
Eb
Gm
In the confusion and the noise
Cm
Ab
All of her beauty and her poise
Ab
Eb
side the city street
Cm
Ab
They made love in his apartment
Eb
Gm
Ab
In a second story walk up out in Queens
Eb
Gm
And the thing she hoped to find
Cm
Ab
Beneath him on that August night
Eb
Ab
Was the farthest thing from her
Verse 2
Ab
Bb
Eb
So she hides her eyes
Ab
Bb
Eb
Says a slow goodbye
Ab
Bb
Eb
Gm
Ab
Swears by the morning light she'll be fine
Verse 3
Eb
Gm
At a wedding in Connecticut
Cm
Ab
The mother of the bride
Gm
Ab
band who's just passed
Gm
Cm
Ab
She says 'the only thing I know
Eb
Ab
Is when you find a love that's worth it,
So she chokes back to tears
Gm
Cm
Ab
Speaks of all her daughter's years
Ab
Eb
And the speech was sad and sweet
Gm
Cm
Ab
She kisses guests as they all leave
Ab
Eb
hotel room to weep
Verse 4
Ab
Bb
Eb
So she bides her time
Ab
Bb
Eb
And says a slow goodbye
Ab
Bb
Swears by the morning
Eb
Ab
light she'll be fine
Verse 5
Ab
Bb
Eb
Yea, she hides her eyes
Ab
Bb
Eb
And though it's hard some nights
Ab
Bb
Eb
She'd take her own sweet time,
Verse 6
Eb
Gm
Ab
A
Eb
Gm
Ab
Eb
welder
Cm
Eb
Ab
Working in an auto plant
Eb
Gm
Eb
Gets laid off on a Thursday af ternoon
Ab
Eb
Gm
And he grips the 45
Ab
Eb
And wonders what to do
Cm
Ab
And head against the steel meal
Eb
Gm
Ab
Tries to think of what to tell his wife
Eb
Gm
And in the kitchen he explains
Ab
Eb
And she says 'you're the
Ab
Eb
only thing I need in this life'
Verse 7
Ab
Bb
Eb
So he bides his time
Ab
Bb
Eb
And says a slow goodbye
Ab
Bb
Swears by the morning
Eb
Ab
light he'll be fine
Verse 8
Ab
Bb
Eb
Yea, he hides his eyes
Ab
Bb
Eb
And though it's hard some nights
Ab
Bb
Eb
He'd take her own sweet time,
Outro 1
Eb
Gm
Cm
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Gm Cm Ab Bb
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users