C/G: 332010 C: 032010 Em: 022010 Am:002210 Fmaj7: 003210 G6: 320010 C/G C Em Am C Fmaj7 x2 C/G Em There was a pretty girl Am C Fmaj7 from some small suburb of Dallas C/G Em AFmaj7 and she came up to New York with a dream C/G Em In the confusion and the noise Am C Fmaj7 all of her beauty and her poise C/G Em C turned grey like snow beside the city street C/G Em she met a boy named Steven Am C Fmaj7 they made love in his apartment C/G Em Fmaj7 in a second story walk up out in Queens C Em and the things she hoped to find Am Fmaj7 beneath him on that August night C Em was the farthest thing from her AFmaj7 as she dressed to leave Fmaj7 G6 C so she hides her eyes Fmaj7 G6 C says a slow goodbye Fmaj7 G6 C Em Fmaj7 swears by the morn-ing light, she'll be fine C Em at a wedding in Connecticut Am Fmaj7 the mother of the bride C Em Fmaj7 day dreams about her husband who's just past C Em as she stands to give her toast Am Fmaj7 she says the only thing i know C Em is when you find a love thats worth it C make it last C Em so she chokes back the tears Am Fmaj7 and speaks of all her daughters years C Em AFmaj7 thirty christmas' of memories that she keeps C Em and the speech was sad and sweet Am Fmaj7 she kisses guests as they all leave C Em C then heads off to her hotel room to weep Fmaj7 G6 C so she bides her time Fmaj7 G6 C and says a slow goodbye Fmaj7 G6 C Em C swears by the morn-ing light, she'll be fine Fmaj7 G6 C yeah she hides her eyes Fmaj7 G6 C though its hard some nights Fmaj7G6 C Em Fmaj7 she'll take her own sweet time, she'll be fine C/G Em C Fmaj7 x2 C/G Em A welder who spent twenty years Am Fmaj7 working in an auto plant C/G Em Fmaj7 gets laid off on a thursday afternoon C/G Em and he grips the fourty-five Am Fmaj7 that rests in the glove box when he drives C/G Em Am Fmaj7 then puts the gun away and wonders what to do C/G Em so he parks in his driveway Am Fmaj7 and head against the steering wheel C/G Em Fmaj7 and tries to think what to tell his wife C/G Em and in the kitchen, he explains Am ` Fmaj7 and swears they'll be okay C/G Em Cm she says, you're the only thing i need in this life Fmaj7 G6 C so he bides his time Fmaj7 G6 C and says a slow goodbye Fmaj7 G6 C Em Fmaj7 swears by the morn-ing light, he'll be fine Fmaj7 G6 C yes he hides his eyes Fmaj7 G6 C though its hard some nights Fmaj7 G6 C Em Fmaj7 he'll take his own sweet time, and he'll be fine CEAFCECC