Mail Order Annie Chords by Harry Chapin

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At first I did [F#m] not think it could [G] be you But _ _
[Em] you're the only one that got off [A] the train
[D] [A] So [G]
[F#] you must be my wife, Miss [Bm] Annie Halsey I [Em] must be your husband, [A] yes [D] I'm Harry [A] _
[D] Crane
Hey [F#m] Lordy Annie, [G] it _ [D] _ _
is a [F#m] sweet rain in [G] my empty [D] _ [D]
life
Hey [F#m] Lordy Annie, _ [G] can't you see [D] I'm trying [G] to tell you that [D] I'm glad you're here
[Em] You are [A] the woman [G] who's come [Em] to be [D] my wife _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ You know you're not as [F#m] pretty [Em] as I dreamed you'd [G] be
[Em] But then I'm not no handsome [D] fancy dame [A] And [F#] out here looks are really not [B] [Bm] important, no no
[Em] It's what's inside a woman [D]
when she's up against [A] the [D] land
Hey [F#m] Lordy Annie, _
[G] never mind [D] the crying It is a [F#m] sweet rain in [G] my empty [D] _ [A] [D] life
Hey [F#m] Lordy Annie, _
[G] can't you see [D] I'm trying [G] to tell you that [D] I'm glad you're here
[Em] You are [A] the woman [G] who's come [Em] to be [D] my wife _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ [Bm] You know it's not no easy life [C] you're entering
The [Bm] winter wind comes whistling through [C] the cracks there in the south
[Bm] You know you'll never have [G] many neighbours _ [A] [Bm] There's you babe, and [Em] there's me, and [F] there's God
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] You know I'm [G#] just a dirt man [A] from the North Dakota plains
[F#m] You're one girl from the city [B] who's been thrown out on her own
[G#] And I'm standing here not [F#] sure of what [C#m] to say to you [F#m] Excepting, hey Lordy Annie, let's you [B] and me go [B] _ _
[E] home
Hey [G#m] Lordy Annie, _ [A] _ [E] I am It is a [G#m] sweet rain in [A] my empty [B] [E] life
Hey [G#m] Lordy Annie, _ [A] can't you see [E] I'm trying [F#m] to tell you that [E] I'm glad you're [F#m] here
You are [B] the woman [A] who's come [F#m] to be [E] my wife
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