Chords for Waylon Jennings The Days of Sand and Shovels

[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
When [D] I noticed her the first time I [Eb] was outside running barefoot in [Em] the rain.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] She lived in the house next door, her nose was pressed against the [D] window pane. _ _ _ _ _
_ When I looked at her she [Eb] smiled and showed a place where two [Em] teeth used to be.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] And I heard her ask her mom if she could come outside and play [D] with me. _ _ _ _
_ Soon the days of sand and [Eb] shovels gave [A] way to the mysteries [Em] of life.
_ [C] _ _
_ [A] Then I noticed she was changing and I looked at her through [D] different eyes. _ _ _
_ We became as one new [Eb] love without [A] beginning [Em] or an [G] end.
[C] _ _
_ _ [A] Every day I lived with her was like a new day dawning [D] once again. _ _ _
And I've loved [Em] her since every dull, mushy, early temple.
[C] _ So the pop was still a nickel.
[F] _ Jam was on her _ fingertips.
[Em] _ Milk was [A] circled on her [D] lips.
After many years our [Eb] love grew silent [A] and at night I [Em] heard her cry.
[G] And [C] _ _
_ _ [A] when she left me in the fall I knew that it would be our [D] last goodbye. _ _ _ _
_ _ I was man enough to [Eb] give her everything she needed [Em] for a while.
_ [C] _ _
_ [A] Then searching for a perfect love I found that I could not give [D] her a child.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] Now she lives a quiet [Ab] life and is [Dm] the mother of [Gbm] a little girl.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [B] Every time I pass her house my thoughts go back into [E] another world. _ _ _
_ _ Because I see her little [Ab] girl her nose is pressed against [Gbm] the window pane.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [B] She thinks I'm a lonely man who wants to come inside [E] out of the rain. _ _
And I've loved [Gbm] her since every dull, mushy, early temple.
[D] _ So the pop was still a nickel.
[G] _ Jam was on her _ fingertips.
[Gbm] _ Milk was [B] circled on her _ [E] lips. _ _ _ _
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