Chords for Smokie Living Next Door to Alice

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Sally called and she got the word
[D] She _ said, I suppose you've heard [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] about Alice
_ [E] Well _ _ [A] I rushed to the window and I looked outside
[D] But I could hardly believe my [E] eyes
Some big limousine rolled up _ _ [A] into Alice's drive
_ [E] _ _
Oh, [A] I don't know why she's leaving the way she's gonna go
[D] I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know
[E] Cause for 24 years I've been living next [A] door to Alice
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] 24 years just waiting for a chance
[D] To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second guess
[E] Now I gotta get used [D] to not living next [A] door to Alice
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] We grew up together, _ two kids in the [D] park
_ Carved our initials deep in the barn, [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] reading Alice
[E] As _
_ [A] _ she walks through the door with her hand held [D] high
Just for a moment I caught her [E] eye
As the big limousine pulled slowly [A] out of Alice's drive
[E] _ _
_ [A] Oh, I don't know why she's leaving the way she's gonna go
[D] I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know
[E] Cause for 24 years I've been living next [A] door to Alice
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] 24 years just waiting for a chance
[D] To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second guess
[E] Now I gotta get used to [D] not living next [A] door to Alice
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] Then Sally called back and asked how I felt
[D] _ Well she said I know how to help [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] get over Alice
[E] She _ _ _ [A] said now Alice is gone but I'm still here
[D] You know I've been waiting 24 [Bm] years
[E] And _ the big limousine disappeared
_ I [F#] _ [C#m] [A] don't know why she's leaving the way she's gonna go
[D] I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know
Cause [E] for 24 years I've been living next [A] door to Alice
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
24 years just waiting for a chance
[D] To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second guess
[E] But I'll never get used to [D] not living next [A] door to Alice
_ _ _ _ _ [E] No, I'll never get used to [D] not living next _ door [A] to Alice
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