Misc Musicals – Ordinary Days - Ill Be Here (Guitar)

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We met, of all places

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in front of Grestedeis

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Some freakishly cold winter's day

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I had on several unflattering layers of wool

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he sliped on the ice with his grocery bags full

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so I rescued some fruit loops he droped by the curb

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and he made some remark that my smile was superb

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I thought that was sweet and I started to go

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"hey, whatcha doing tomorrow?"

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Because I'll be here,

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At the corner of Bleaker and Mercer

D
tomorrow at seven.

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If you want to meet up, I'll be waiting right here,

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and in case there are two fellas

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waiting for you,

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He waved and then he was gone

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needless to say I went back there to meet him

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mostly to see if he'd show

     D7
and there he was

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out in the cold with his jacket pulled tight

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he took me to dinner and kissed me goodnight

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thenext week we went to this terrible play

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and the week after that drank hot chocolate all day

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when suddenly eight or nine months had flown by

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when he said "hey, whatcha doin' the rest of your life?

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because I'll be here,

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right beside you as long as you want me to be

D
there's no question

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there is nothing I've wanted so much in my life

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it may sound immaature

       F         C
but Im totally sure you're the one."

           C
And we had just begun

G
We got hitched in september

F
our favorite month

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with a rock band that played in this old synogoge

C
and we bought an apartment

C
on west seventeen street

     F
and talked about children

 F
and getting a dog

A               Dm
our first aniversary came in a flash

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And we promsied to take the day off

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he had to stop into his office that morning

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and so

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I went walking uptown to this bakery I know

Bb
when I heard on the street

G
what I thought was a joke

Bm
till I noticed the sirens

Bm
and saw all the smoke

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now im running back home

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to the voicemail he left,

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with the last words he said...

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Im sorry

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I don't mean to ruin your evening

                             F
by telling you all of this stuff

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you're probobly wondering why I even called you tonight

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well I saw something today that spooked me all right

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I saw this stormcloud of papers fall down from the sky

Bm
and I thought of that day

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and I started to cry

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when as sure as I breathe

D
I heard John clear as day

             D
whispering "Hey, you're allowed to move on,

A
it's okay."

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Because I'll be here

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Even if you decide to get rid of my favorite sweater

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even if you go out on my birthday this year

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instead of sitting at home

        C
letting all of life's moments passs by

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you don't have to cry

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Because I'll be here

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When you start going back to the places that we went together

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when you take off my ring and you let yourself smile

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When you meet someone handsome and patient and true

         Cm                        F
when he says that he wants to be married to you

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when you call him one night and he meets you downtown

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and you finally answer him "Yes."

Eb
Jason, I will marry you

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I will give you my heart

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It has taken so long

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but im ready to start

Eb
right now John's whispering congrats in my ear

Fm
casue I finally let myself tell you

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that I will be here