Chords for Anna

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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] While Anna stares out of the window
It's her [Ebm] 85th spring
She [Bb] tries to concentrate on _ _ something
Her face is strained and she's confused
At the wiles in this room
And all the strangers standing around her chair
They brought her photographs and frames
They are using [Bb] her name
But she just smiles politely [F] at their embrace
And [Bb] Anna introduces herself again
A man picks up her hand and says
Anna, look, [F] the spring has come
[Eb] And your carousel's waiting
It's [Bb] 1925 in New [Gm] Orleans
You are in your [Eb] favorite dress
Your brother is at [Bb] your dad's hand
[Gm] And you're on your way to the Harbor Fest
[Eb] There will be apples on [Bb] sticks and fish stands
[Gm] And you'll get to wave at the [Bb] passing ships
And your daddy will buy you something _ _
[F] At the end
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] While Anna tries to form a thought
But at the end she's forgotten where she started from _
_ _ There's something she would like to say
But the words in her head seem to have got away
Can [F] Anna come out [Bb] and play?
And over all that is inside
A curtain [Eb] is closing in her deep brown [F] eyes
_ _ _ [Bb] Well, it's like someone's built a wall
And through the very [Eb] last cracks
Anna extends her hand
[F] And a little girl calls
[Eb] Please don't let me fall
It's [Bb] 1925 in New [Gm] Orleans
You are in your [Eb] favorite dress
Your brother is at [Bb] your dad's hand
[Gm] And you're on your way to the [Eb] Harbor Fest
There will be apples on [Bb] sticks and fish stands
[Gm] And you'll get to wave at the passing ships
[Bb] And your daddy will buy [Eb] you something _ _ _
[F] At the end
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Well, there's so much you must have witnessed
As the whole world changed
You were a nice child at the onset of the jazz age
_ And there was long before outlifts
And rock and roll
They told you there will be music
You [Eb] just wait
_ _ It's [Bb] 1925 in New [Gm] Orleans
You are in your [Eb] favorite dress
Your brother is at [Bb] your dad's hand
[Gm] And you're on your way to the Harbor Fest
[Eb] There will be apples on sticks [Bb] and fish stands
[Gm] And you'll get to wave at the [Bb] passing ships
And your daddy will buy [Eb] you something
_ _ _ [F] At the end
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] What do you think of it all?
As you are so small
Under your blanket here in this hospital
I love you
Tell your bones not to let go
But your heart is beating slowly now
The spring has come
But one small leaf was [Gm] falling
[Eb] _
_ _ Falling Falling
It's [Bb] 1925 in New [Gm] Orleans
You are in your [Eb] favorite dress
Your brother is at [Bb] your dad's hand
[Gm] And you're on your way to the [Eb] Harbor Fest
There will be apples on [Bb] sticks and fish stands
[Gm] And you'll get to wave at the [Bb] passing ships
And your daddy will buy [Gm] you something
_ [Eb] _ _
[F] At the end
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _
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