Key: A major
Verse 1
A
D
A
Faug
A
G
F#m
I was the girl
F#m
Ebdim
B
I'd sit there alone like a fool
D
G
I never was able to
F#m
B
Then one day I tried out for the play
D
E
A
I'll never forget it, a flea in her ear,
F#m
Ebdim
B
and I was suddenly someone with something to say,
Ebdim
D
G
A
making a sound everybody could hear.
F#m
B
then I saw this guy in the audience.
A
C#
And there was John,
B
Esus4
And after the show he
A
C#
came backstage
was out of her cage
Ebdim
B
Bm
E
Well, everything was okay
C#
F#m
We'd date for a year,
D
E
Then I get a big chance
C#
F#m
B
Away from a job I was hating
Bm
E
A
And into a slot in the regional rep.
F#m
A
F#m
Creating and playing,
Ebdim
B
and play after play.
A
C#
And John was there,
there with a smile
F#m
Ebdim
and his hands in the air
B
D
Esus4
Clapping for me and
E
A
back home we'd go
C#
F#m
Happy together for eight
Ebdim
B
or nine hours or so
E
Bm
And then I'd be gone again
Esus4
C
F
This life takes everything you give it.
Am
D
But if you really love it, you live it.
Faug
F#m
Played carousel on the
Bm
E
A
From April to June I toured Cabaret.
C#
F#m
Then Mother Courage in stock
Bm
G
A
C#
and John tried to call almost every day.
kids and a wife,
and that's when I realized
B
Ebdim
this is my life.
F#m
B
An d when I got home, can you guess?
Yeah, I
Guess did.
A
C#
John was gone.
Ebdim
B
the closet was gone.
Bm
G
His electric guitar and his amp and his
A
C#
car were gone. Just poof.
D
Bm
And yes, my heart was almost broken.
Dm
G
and I'd make it again.
C
E
And now, where's John?
C
E
And here is me.
Dm
G
Exactly where I should be.
Dm
G
Exactly where we should be.
Bb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D Faug G F#m...
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