Emmylou Harris – Love Wore A Halo Back Before The War (Guitar)
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As recorded by Emmylou Harris
(From the 2023 Album MORE THAN A WHISPER: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF NANCI GRIFFITH)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
E A E She owned a hotel on the Jersey shore B E She made her living sending sailors door to door E A E He was the small one with a crooked smile B E Oh, he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the fourth of July
[Verse 2]
E A E She ran the numbers they say she ran 'em clean B E Those porcelain hands could keep a ledger even in her sleep E A E While he worked the Seabees in the Philippines B E They say she made more money than you or I will ever see
[Chorus]
E A E Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore B E If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four A E Cause love wore a halo back before the war B E When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for
[Fiddle & Accordion Solo]
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[Verse 3]
E A E It was in the winter when he came back home B E He had to hold those porcelain hands just to keep her warm A E So, they had a daughter they named her Stephanie Anne B E Hey, they sent her off to Vassar to find herself a family man
[Verse 4]
E A E Now, she sold the hotel it belongs to me B E I watch those sailors come and go like the waves in the seas A E I've hung their portraits up in the honeyoon suite B E I hear they're fishin' their lives away in the Florida Keys
[Chorus]
E A E Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore B E If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four A E Cause love wore a halo back before the war B E When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for A E Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore B E If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four A E Cause love wore a halo back before the war B E When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for
[Outro]
B E When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for B E When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for