Chords for Cheryl Wheeler - 75 Septembers

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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Everyone?
_ [G] _ _ [Gm]
Yeah!
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] So [G] this is a song I wrote for my dad.
_ _ _ It was his [A] 75th birthday.
_ _ _ [D] My dad [N] was born on September 7th, 1915 and he passed away when he was 88.
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ So you know, I wanted to write a song for his first 75th birthday.
But if wanting to write [N] a song is all that was required, it is all I would ever want.
_ _ You can want to write one, you can even know what you wish you could write one about,
but something has to spark it, you never know what that might be.
_ In this case, it was learning that _ _ the Yellow Cab Company was founded in the year _ _ _ [A] _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ 11_
Woo!
_ Yeah!
Thank you!
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] In the year the [G] yellow _ cabs, _ [G] _ shadowed the free [A] world.
_ _ [D] The third kid, Grandma [A] Bill, _ [G] _ came into this [A] world.
_ _ [G] On a [E] rolling farm [A] in Maryland, [D] when Wilson [A] _ [D] was a lad.
_ [Em] As summer [F#] blew, [G] her _ goodbyes were [A] in the county. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Child came in [G] kind, _ _ rowing between the [A] waters. _ _
Horns rolled off the [G] line, _ and bars all closed [A] their doors. _
[G] And I [D] imagine [A] you back then, with [D] separate hats [Gm] and farmer's tents.
[Em] Where horses [F#] drew [G] their way [A] through the fields. _ _
_ _ _ Now the [G] fields are all [A] foreign, _ _ and the [D] roads are just [G] plain.
_ Are [Em] you more [D] _ amazed at [G] how things change, [Bm] or how [A] they stay the [D] same?
Do you sit here on this [A] porch and wonder how [F#] time [G] flies by?
_ _ [Em] Or does it seem [D] to barely creep [G] along? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[F#m] Seventy-five [G] _ September's [A] coming [D]
along.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ Were [D] the fields all cold and warm?
_ [G] _ Was the spring house dark and [A] cold?
_ _ Did the [D] rooster crow at [G] dawn, [G] but make us queue up for [A] school? _
_ Now would you [E] tell me [A]
once again, the [D] tales of grand _
[D] attired men.
And [Em] how they [F#] drove [G] the older _ [E] road.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Now [G] the fields are all [A] foreign, _ and [D] the roads are just [G] plain.
Are _ [Em] you more _ [D] amazed [G] at how things change, [Bm] or how they [A] stay [D] the same?
Do you sit here on [G] this porch [Am] and wonder [D] how [F#]
time [G] flies by?
_ [Em] Or does it seem to [D] barely creep [G]
along?
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [D] Seventy-five _ [G] _ [A] September's coming [D] _ along.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ In [D] the ear of the yellow [A] _ cat, [G] _ the shadow of the crib girl wore. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [N] _