The Days of Sand and Shovels Chords by Charley Pride

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When I noticed her the first [Db] time I was outside running barefoot [Dm] in the rain
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[G] She lived in the house next door.
Her nose was pressed against the [C] window pane _ _ _ _ _ _
When I looked at her she [Db] smiled and showed a place where two teeth [D] used to be
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[G] And I [D] heard her ask her [G] mom if she could come outside and [C] play with me _ _ _ _ _ _
Soon the days of sand and [Db] shovels gave way to the mysteries [D] of life
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[G] Then I noticed she was changed and I looked at her through [C] a different eye _ _ _ _ _
She became as one in [Db] true love without beginning [D] or an end
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[G] Every day I lived with her like a new day dawning once [C] again
_ _ And I've loved her [Dm] since every dawn _ _ _
[Bb] So the pop was still _
[Eb] Damn was on her _ fingertips
[D] _ Milk was [G] sir
Her [C] lips after many years.
I [Db] love you son.
And at night [Dm] I heard her cry
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[G] When she left me in the fall I said that it would be our [C] last goodbye I _ _ _ _ _
Was mad enough to [Db] give her everything she needed [Dm] for a home
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[G] In searching for a perfect love.
I found that I could not give [C] her a child
_ [A] I _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Miss the mother of a [Em] little girl
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[A] Every time I pass [Em] her house my thoughts go back into [D] another world _ _ _ _ _ _
Cause I see her little girl [Eb] her nose pressed against the [Em] window
_ _ [C] She _ _ _
[A] thinks I'm the only man who wants to come inside out of [D] the rain
_ _ And I've loved her [Em] since
every dog
_ _ So [C] _ the pop was still _
[F] Damn [C] was [F] on her _ fingertips
[Em] Milk was [A] sir
Her [D] lips
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