Forty-Five Years
Stan Rogers • Key:
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Forty-Five Years
Stan Rogers
#From: dmerrett@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Doug Merrett)
#Capo 3rd fret
Where the E
G
arth show it bones of wind broken stone
and the s
D/F#
ea and the sky are one
I'm c
Am
aught out of time, my bl
C
ood sings with wine
and I'm ru
D/F#
nning naked in the sun
There's G
G
od in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
and the
D/F#
sky is a painful blue
I'd l
Am
ike to look around, but H
C
oney all I
D/F#
see is yo
G
u.
CHORUS
Intro to chorus is G-C-G-D/F#
And I j
C
ust want to hold you closer than I've ever h
G
eld anyo
C
ne before
G
You say you've
C
been twice a wife and you're t
G
hrough with life
Ah but
Am
Honey what the
Am/G
hell's it fo
D/F#
r
After tw
C
enty-three years you'ld think I could find a way
G
to let you k
C
now somehow
G
That I w
Am
ant to see your sm
Am/G
iling face
D/F#
forty five years fro
G
m now.
The su
G
mmer city lights will soften the night
'Til you'd
D
think that the air is clear
And I'm s
Am
itting with friends where for
C
ty-five cents
Will b
D
uy another glass of beer
He's got som
G
ething to say, but I'm so far away
That I do
D
n't know who I'm talking to
'Cause yo
Am
u just walked in the door, and
C
Honey, All I s
D
ee is y
G
ou.
#To Chorus
So alon
G
e in the lights on stage every night
I've been rea
D/F#
ching out to find a friend
Who kn
Am
ows all the words, s
C
ings so she's heard
And k
D/F#
nows how all the stories end
Maybe a
G
fter the show she'1l ask me to go
Home w
D/F#
ith her for a drink or two
Now her s
Am
mile lights her eyes, but H
C
oney, all I s
D/F#
ee is y
G
ou.
#Repeat Chorus twice
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