45 Years Chords by Stan Rogers

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ This is for my wife.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Where the earth shows its bones of wind broken stone [F] and the sea and the sky are worn
_ [Gm] I'm [Cm] caught out of time.
[Eb] My blood sings with wine [F] and I'm running naked in the sun
[Eb] _ [Bb] There's God in the [Eb] trees.
I'm weak [Bb] in the knees [F] and the skies are painful blue
_ [Cm] I'd like to look [Bb] around [Eb] but honey, [F] all I [Bb] see is you
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[F] _ _ _ [Bb] Now the summer city light will soften the night [F] till you think that the air is clear
_ [Gm] And [Cm] I'm sitting with [D] friends.
[Eb] We're 45 cents.
We'll [F] buy another glass of beer
[Eb] _ [Bb] He's got something to say, but [Eb] I'm so [Bb] far away [F] that I don't know who I'm talking to
[C] Cuz you [Cm] just walked in the door [Eb] and honey.
[F] All I [Bb] see is you
[Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] And [Eb] I just wanna hold you closer than [Bb] I've ever held [Eb] anyone [Bb] before
You [Eb] say you've been twice a [Bb] wife and you're through with life.
Oh, but [Cm] honey, what the hell's [F] it for?
_ [Eb] After 23 years, you think I could find [Bb] a way to [Eb] let you know [Bb] somehow _
_ [Cm] That I want to see your smiling [F] face 45 _ [Bb] years from _ [Eb] now _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _
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Alone in the lights on stage every night.
I've [F] been reaching out to find a friend _
[Cm] Who knows all the [Eb] words?
Sing so she's [F] heard and knows how all the stories [Eb] end
And maybe [Bb] after the show [Eb] she'll ask [Bbm] me to [F] go home
With a for a drink or two
[Cm] Now her smile lights [Eb] her eyes, but honey, [F] all I [Bb] see is [Eb] you
_ [Bb] And _ [Eb] I just wanna hold you closer
Than [Bb] I've ever held [Eb] anyone [Bb] before
You [Eb] say you've been twice a [Bb] wife and you're through with [Cm] life.
Oh, but honey, what the hell's [F] it for? _
[Eb] After 23 years, you think I could find [Bb] a way to [Eb] let you know [Bb] somehow
_ That [Cm] I want to see your smiling [F] face 45 [Bb] years from _ [Eb] now
[Bb] Help me out, won't you?
I [Eb] just wanna hold you closer than I've [Bb] ever [Eb] held anyone [Bb] before
You [Eb] say you've been twice a wife [Bb] and you're through with life.
[Cm] Oh, but honey, [Eb] what the [F] hell's it for? _
[Eb] After 23 years, you think I could [Bb] find a way [Eb] to let you know somehow
[Bb] _ That [Cm] I want to see your smiling [F] face 45 [Bb] years from now
[Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] Yes, I wanna see your smiling [F] face 45 [Bb] years from now _ _ _ _
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