Chords for Solomon Burke - Sidewalks, Fences and Walls

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[F] _ [Eb] little crooked [Bb] heart [F] drawn and chalked [Bb] on an _ old [F] brick wall. _
_ [Eb] Scrawly writing [Bb] in [F] the house [Bb] that told [F] one and all. _ _
[Bb] _ [F] Solace married [Bb] on [Gm] sidewalks, fences, [F] and lawns. _ _ _ _ _
The [Eb] _ [Bb] rains that fell [F] _ _
[Bb] washed away those hearts and [F] childish groans. _
But the [Eb] love _ [Bb] filled those [F] hearts [Bb] were big when [F] we were small. _ _
[Bb] And I wrote [F] my love letters [Bb] on [Gm] sidewalks, fences, [F] and _ lawns. _ _ _ _
[Bb] I [F] chuckled my fingers [C] and [F] chuckled my hands [Gm] and somebody wrote across my heart,
Ain't [F] love so grand? _
[G] So grand, so [F] grand, so grand. _
_ _ _ _ Now I [Eb] write my letters [Bb] with a [F] fancy pen, but [Eb] my mind goes back to the [Bb] chalk every [F] now and then.
_ [Eb] Solomon loves Mary, [Bb] _ [F] came straight from my heart.
But like [Eb] all the other kids, [Bb] one day [F] we had to part.
Now Mary's [Eb] married to Billy, [Bb] but I [F] can't recall [Bb] how.
Solomon loves Mary, Solomon loves Mary, _ _ _ [F]
on [Am] sidewalks, [Gm] fences.
_ Fences, [C] _
_ and _ [Eb] lawns, and [F] rain, _ and [Eb] lawns.
[Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] Yesterday I walked by [Bb] there to [F] reminisce again.
So [Eb] childish, looked like [Bb] Mary, my [F] childhood friend.
She was [Eb] writing a love letter [Bb] to the [F] boy of her dreams.
Then her mother [Eb] walked up, I [Bb] knew her, [F] but she didn't know me.
I stood [Eb] there the day, _ [Bb] my mind [F] repeating the phrase, [Bb] Solomon [F] loves Mary, _ [Bb] Solomon loves [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] Mary, on [Gm] sidewalks, fences.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Eb] Fences, and [Bb] lawns, and lawns. _
[F] Sidewalks, [Eb] fences, and lawns.
[Bb] I can't help [F] but remember that day, sidewalks, [Eb] fences, and [Bb] lawns.
Oh, [F] how that takes my heart away.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Sidewalks, fences, [F] and lawns.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] Lawns.
[C] I remember writing the [F] heart in the tree, [Eb] _ [Bb] saying I love you, [C] you love me.
[F] I [Eb] remember writing your name, [Bb] I can see it plain, [F] plain.
_ [Eb] Sidewalks, [Bb] do you remember how we played hop, skip, [G] on the [F] sidewalks?
Do you [Eb] remember how I used to jump over the fence and [Bb] almost didn't make it?
[F] Hey, and I wrote your name.
[Eb] Do you remember how we used to pass [Bb] the old store, and [C] write something on the [F] wall, and I'd say, I love you, [Eb] I need you.
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