Stan Rogers – 45 Years (Guitar)

Capo 3
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[Intro] G C G D Em C G D G [Verse 1]
          G
Where the earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone,

        D
And the sea and sky are one,

    Am                  C
I'm all out of time, my blood sings with wine,

        D
And I'm running naked in the sun;

        G
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees,

        D
And the sky is a painful blue;

    Am                        C            D      G
I'd like to look around, but, honey, all I see is you.
[Bridge] G C G D [Verse 2]
          G
Well, the summer city lights will soften the night

         D
Till you think that the air is clear,

    Am                         C
I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents

     D
Will buy another glass of beer;

             G
He's got something to say, but I'm so far away

       D
That I don't know who I'm talking to,

       Am                                C            D      G
'Cause you just walked in the door, and, honey, all I see is you.
[Chorus]
      C
And I just want to hold you closer than,

          G       C     G
I've ever held anyone before;

               C                     G
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life,

         Am                        D
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it for?

C
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find a way

G          C         G
To let you know, somehow,

  Am
I wanna see your smiling face

D                     G
Forty-five years from now.
[Bridge] G C G D Em C G D G [Verse 3] Well, alone in the lights on stage every night,
              D
I've been reaching out to find a friend

    Am                  C
Who knows all the words and sings so she's heard,

    D
And knows how all the stories end;

       G
Maybe, after the show, she'll ask me

           D
To go home with her for a drink or two;

        Am                     C                 D      G
Now her smile lights her eyes, but, honey, all I see is you.
[Bridge] G C G D [Chorus]
      C
And I just want to hold you closer than,

          G       C     G
I've ever held anyone before;

               C                     G
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life,

         Am                        D
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it for?

C
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find a way

G          C         G
To let you know, somehow,

  Am
I wanna see your smiling face

D                     G
Forty-five years from now.
[Bridge] G C G D [Chorus]
      C
And I just want to hold you closer than,

          G       C     G
I've ever held anyone before;

               C                     G
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life,

         Am                        D
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it for?

C
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find a way

G          C         G
To let you know, somehow,

  Am
I wanna see your smiling face

D                     G
Forty-five years from now.