The Grocer's Broom chords by Richard Shindell
Intro 1
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Dsus4
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Verse 1
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The grocer's broom,
back and forth
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Glides across the warn
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wooden floor
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He stirs the dust of the day
Counts the change before
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closing the drawer
Em
Thirty years out the door
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Because the landlord wanted five
Bm
C
hundred more
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Am
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Verse 2
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Some stop by the store
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Am
Just to see if he's doing OK
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It's a crime, it's a shame
This old neighborhood
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won't be the same
Em
You could take a lazy cruise
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Over five thousand fathoms of blue
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To pass those
Verse 3
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idle days
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I suppose I've worked enough
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for one life anyway
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Gsus4
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I've earned these idle eays
Verse 4
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He shuts the light,
says goodnight
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Makes his way up the wide
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boulevard
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He stops to talk
- farethewell, take good care
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It's a beautiful night
Em
High above, a million stars
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The city blocks seem like five
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Am
million more
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Than a few hundred yards
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Verse 5
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He climbs the stoop, finds the key
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And passes into the dark
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living- room
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C
He sees the old sunken chair
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Where silence sits playing her flute
Em
He finds the tune, he hums along
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She will teach him her five
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Am
D
hundred songs
Verse 6
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And they'll pass ...
Outro 1
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Gsus4
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The Grocer's Broom
Richard Shindell
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