It was an early morning barrom and the place just opened up
MIM LA7and the little man came in so fast and he started at his cup
RE REMAJ7 RE7 SOLand the broad who served the whiskey was a big old friendly girl
who tried to fight her empty nights by smiling at the world
SOL LA FA#M SI7and she said hey bub it's been a while since you've been around
MIM LA SOL REwhere the hell have you been hiding and why you look so down
Well the little man just sat there like he'd never heard a sound
DOM SOL SIb FAthe waitress she gave out with a cough and acting not the least put off
MIM LAshe spoke once again
RE SOL MIM
She said I don't want to bother you consider it's understood
I know I'm not no beauty queen but I sure can listen good.
SOL LA MIM REAnd the little man took his drink in his hand and he raise it to his lips
SOL RE MIM LA REHe took a couple of sips and he told the waitress his story.
I am the midnight watchman down at Miller's tool and dime
SOL FA#M SIM DOmaj7I watch the metal rusting, I watch the time go by
LA SOL FA#M SI7a week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite
and this here lovely lady she sat two seats from my right
G G EM A,G,G D
And lord, lord, lord she was alright.
She was so damn beautiful that she could warm a winter's frost
but she look long past lonely and I, I was lost
I'm not much of a mover or a pick em up easy guy
but I decided to glide on over and give it one good try
and lord lord lord she was worth a try
Tongue tied like a schoolboy, I stammerred out some words
it did not seem to matter much, cause I don't think she heard
She just looked clear on through me, to a place back in my head
It shamed me into silence as quietly she said
(chorus)If you want me to come with you than that's alright with me
cause I know I'm going nowhere and anywhere's a better place to be
Well I drove her to my boarding house and I took her up to my room
and I went to turn on the only light to brighten up the gloom
REM SOLMbut she said please leave the light on, I don't mind the dark
and as her clothes all tumbled round her, I could hear my heart.
The moonlight shone upon her as she lay back in my bed
it was the kind of thing I only had imagined in my head
I just could not believe it , to think that she was real
and as I tried to tell her, she said, shhh I know just how you feel
and lord, lord, lord, she was alright.
Well the morning came so swiftly as I held her in my arms
She slept like a baby snug and safe from harm
I did not want to share her or dare to break the mood
so before she woke I went out to buy us both some food
I came back with my paper bag
to find that she was gone
she'd left a six word letter saying
it's time that I moved on.
You know the waitress she took her bar rag and she wiped it across her eyes
and as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh
She said I wish that I was beautiful or that you were halfway blind
I wish I weren't so goddamned fat, I wish that you were mine
and I wish that you'd come with me when I leave for home
for we both know all about emptiness and living all alone.
And the little man looked at the empty glass in his hand
and he smile a crooked grin
He said, I, I guess I'm outta gin
and I know we both have been so lonely.
(chorus)
It was an early morning barrom and
RE7 SOL..the place just opened up
MIMand the little man came in so fast
..and he started at his cup
REand the broad who served the
REMAJ7 RE7..whiskey was a big old friendly
..girl
MIMwho tried to fight her empty
LA7..nights by smiling at the world
and she said hey bub it's been a
FA#M SI7..while since you've been around
MIMwhere the hell have you been
..hiding and why you look so down
SOL LAWell the little man just sat there
SOL LA RE..like he'd never heard a sound
the waitress she gave out with a
SIb FA..cough and acting not the least
..put off
MIM LAshe spoke once again
RE SOL
She said I don't want to bother
MIM..you consider it's understood
I know I'm not no beauty queen but
LA MIM RE..I sure can listen good.
SOL LAAnd the little man took his drink
..in his hand and he raise it to
RE..his lips
SOL REHe took a couple of sips and he
..told the waitress his story.
RE LAMI am the midnight watchman down at
DO SOL RE..Miller's tool and dime
I watch the metal rusting, I watch
DOmaj7..the time go by
LA SOLa week ago at the diner I stopped
.. to get a bite
MIM LAand this here lovely lady she sat
SOL MIM RE..two seats from my right
G G EM A,G,G
.. D
And lord, lord, lord she was
..alright.
She was so damn beautiful that she
..could warm a winter's frost
but she look long past lonely and
..I, I was lost
I'm not much of a mover or a pick
..em up easy guy
but I decided to glide on over and
..give it one good try
and lord lord lord she was worth a
..try
Tongue tied like a schoolboy, I
..stammerred out some words
it did not seem to matter much,
..cause I don't think she heard
She just looked clear on through
..me, to a place back in my head
It shamed me into silence as
..quietly she said
(chorus)If you want me to come with you
..than that's alright with me
cause I know I'm going nowhere and
..anywhere's a better place to be
Well I drove her to my boarding
..house and I took her up to my
..room
and I went to turn on the only
..light to brighten up the gloom
but she said please leave the
SOLM..light on, I don't mind the dark
FAand as her clothes all tumbled
..round her, I could hear my
..heart.
The moonlight shone upon her as
..she lay back in my bed
it was the kind of thing I only
..had imagined in my head
I just could not believe it , to
..think that she was real
and as I tried to tell her, she
..said, shhh I know just how you
..feel
and lord, lord, lord, she was
..alright.
Well the morning came so swiftly
..as I held her in my arms
She slept like a baby snug and
..safe from harm
I did not want to share her or
..dare to break the mood
so before she woke I went out to
..buy us both some food
I came back with my paper bag
to find that she was gone
she'd left a six word letter
..saying
it's time that I moved on.
You know the waitress she took her
..bar rag and she wiped it across
..her eyes
and as she spoke her voice came
..out as something like a sigh
She said I wish that I was
..beautiful or that you were
..halfway blind
I wish I weren't so goddamned fat,
..I wish that you were mine
and I wish that you'd come with me
..when I leave for home
for we both know all about
..emptiness and living all alone.
And the little man looked at the
..empty glass in his hand
and he smile a crooked grin
He said, I, I guess I'm outta gin
and I know we both have been so
..lonely.
(chorus)
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