Capo: 3

From: dmerrett@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Doug Merrett) Just so happens I've got that one on the machine.... Let's see now... Oh yeah, a caveat, since I actually play mandolin I usually simpify guitar chords, not knowing how to translate them there sus's and things... So this might not be strictly chapter and verse, but it works. Enjoy. Forty-Five Years (guitar - capo 3rd fret) - By Stan Rogers

Where the E^Garth show it bones of wind broken stone and the s^D/F#ea and the sky are one

I'm c^Amaught out of time, my bl^Cood sings with wine and I'm ru^D/F#nning naked in the sun

There's G^God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees and the ^D/F#sky is a painful blue

I'd l^Amike to look around, but H^Coney all I ^D/F#see is yo^Gu.

CHORUS Intro to chorus is G-C-G-D/F#

And I j^Cust want to hold you closer than I've ever h^Geld anyo^Cne before ^G You say you've ^Cbeen twice a wife and you're t^Ghrough with life

Ah but ^AmHoney what the ^Am/Ghell's it fo^D/F#r After tw^Centy-three years you'ld think I could find a way^G

to let you k^Cnow somehow ^G That I w^Amant to see your sm^Am/Giling face ^D/F#forty five years fro^Gm now.

The su^Gmmer city lights will soften the night 'Til you'd^D think that the air is clear

And I'm s^Amitting with friends where for^Cty-five cents Will b^Duy another glass of beer

He's got som^Gething to say, but I'm so far away That I do^Dn't know who I'm talking to

'Cause yo^Amu just walked in the door, and ^CHoney, All I s^Dee is y^Gou.

To Chorus

So alon^Ge in the lights on stage every night I've been rea^D/F#ching out to find a friend

Who kn^Amows all the words, s^Cings so she's heard And k^D/F#nows how all the stories end

Maybe a^Gfter the show she'1l ask me to go Home w^D/F#ith her for a drink or two

Now her s^Ammile lights her eyes, but H^Coney, all I s^D/F#ee is y^Gou.

Repeat Chorus twice

Stan Rogers - Forty-five years