Ralph McTell – Naomi (Guitar)

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[Intro] C Am F G [Verse 1]
C                G
Age has made her frail

               F             G
I'm scared to take her in my arms

Am                  Em
But there's an understanding now

      F                C
And a peace behind the eyes

     F             C
And age is for complaining

         Dm7               C
But you won't hear much from me

         G        F  C
Growing old with Naomi
[Verse 2]
C                G
Now I recall the first time

    F             G
I took her in my arms

Am                  Em
At times I was unfaithful

      F                C
She said: "no future in the past"

     F             C
So we don't talk about it

        Dm7               C
She keeps a gentle edge on me

          G           F       C
I don't mind growing old with Naomi
[Chorus]
F                  G
She wasn't all I wanted

          Am    Em      F
But she's all I'll ever need

       C                G
Oh, a rich man always wants some more

        F        G
And I was rich indeed

   F              C
A rich man and a poor fool

        Dm           C
Yet it turned out right for me

      C            G
How lucky can you get?

          F         C
Growing old with Naomi
[Verse 3]
     C                 G
The kids today, they think that they've

    F           G
Discovered everything

     Am           Em         
But me and her, well we'd done it all

   F                C
Without a wedding ring

    F             C
Sometimes things remind us

     Dm7             C
And she's smiling back at me

          G           F         C
It ain't hard growing old with Naomi
[Chorus]
F                  G
She wasn't all I wanted

          Am     Em      F
But she's all I'll ever need

       C                G
Oh, a rich man and a poor fool

        F        G
And I was rich indeed

         F             C
I never thought her beautiful

          Dm7           C
But I do now, 'cause I see

            G
I'm getting wiser

         F         C
Growing old with Naomi
[Verse 4]
     C                 G
Oh, the place is kind of quiet now

    F           G
The kids have all left home

      Am          Em      G
We'd like to see more of them

             F                C
But we're grateful when they call

     F                  C
And in the quietness afterwards

     Dm7           C
She comes and sits by me

                    G
Make me feel like a man

          F       C
Growing old with Naomi

                    G
Make me feel like a man

        F         C
Growing old with Naomi