The Saddest Song

Intro:
Fi –   Emi –   Dmi -   C –   G -


C          Em                    
   And the     papers got wet in 
    Am
the     morning rain
Am/G
      And the birds came
F                      G         
   And Friday started     early 
     C       (G)
that     day

C                    Em
   Mr. Albert Allow     Wishes Jones
Am                        Am/G
    Rubbed the sleep out       of 
his bones
F
   Ate his toast and spoke her name
F
   His feet went of to find a train
Cmaj7
       Same old way

         Am7 /
And his        hand reached out to 
catch it’s pay
                       Am7 /
And there was much he        didn’t 
know about his life/
     Fmaj7 /
The          girl who typed his 
letters
           Fmaj7 /
Loved him         better
          Cmaj7        Fmaj7
Than his         wife


Chorus:
        C                   Em
And he    couldn’t hear the     song
           Am            Am
The chil -     dren sang
        C                    Em
And he     wouldn’t see the     
trees
      A                 A7
Be -     hind the wall
        Dm                  C#+
And he      didn’t hear the       
melody
F/C                              
     The bells played when they     
G
rang
         C        C/Bb            
For the     city        sang the  
F           G
   saddest    song of
Cmaj7       Fmaj7 -   Cmaj7 -   
       All
Fmaj7



Inter:
Am
    And mrs. Milly jones arose
Gm
    And ran a comb around her curls
Am
    And did the washing and the 
ironing
          Gm
For three      dirty little girls

         Bm
And her      body glowed as she 
recalled
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          Am
That the      man who sold the milk
Bm
    Still thought her young and 
sweet enough
             Am
To say that      it was made of silk

         Bbmaj7                    
And she          smiled as she re –
   C7
       membered
         Fmaj7
All the         things about his 
touch
         Bbmaj7                    
And she          wondered how a man
  C7
      like that
Fmaj7
       Could make her feel so much
Am
    And then she cooked the diner
Am/G                     D7/F#
      For a sad and ti –         red
 ‘n old breadwinner


Chorus:
         C                     Em
And she     couldn’t hear the      
song
            Am             Am
The chil -      dren sang
         C                    Em
And she     wouldn’t see the      
trees
      A7                 A7
Be –      hind the wall
         Dm                   C#+
And she      didn’t hear the        
melody
F/C                              
     The bells played when they     
G
rang
         C        C/Bb            
For the     city        sang the  
F           G
   saddest     song of
Cmaj7        Fmaj7       Cmaj7 -  
       Aa -         ll
 Fmaj7



C                           Em
    And the Jones’s leaves      were
 in a pile
Am                            Am/G -
    And their children smiled
F                     G7         
    And brought them      
         C       (G)
breakfast on a     tray

C                Em
    And Mr. And      Mrs. Jones
Am                    Am/G
    Rubbed the sleep        out of 
their bones
F                      Fmaj7
    Took the food and         said 
“thank you”
               Fmaj7
And then they         wondered what 
to do with the
Cmaj7
       Saturday
         Fmaj7 /
And her          hand reached out to
 catch his pay

And as he gave
    Fmaj7
He         smiled and called her 
“mother”
                             Fmaj7 /
And she spent some u - pon a        
  child
                        Cmaj7      
And the rest upon her         lo - 
 Fmaj7
        ver


Chorus:
          C                     Em
And they     couldn’t hear the      
song
            Am            Am
The chil -     dren sang
          C                    Em
And they     wouldn’t see the     
trees
       A7                  A7
Be –       hind the wall
          Dm                 C#+
And they     never hear the        
melody
F/C                              
     The bells played when they     
G
rang
         C         C/Bb           
For the     city        sang the  
F           G
   saddest     song
     Cmaj7
Of         all, of
Fmaj7          Cmaj7        
        Aa –          aa –         
Fmaj7
ll
Cmaj7 – Fmaj7

(START FD ING)

Outro:
             Cmaj7
Deu deu deu          deueueueu
                Fmaj7
Deu deu deudeu         deueueueu
             Cmaj7
Deu deu deu         deueueueu
                Fmaj7
Deu deu deudeu         deueueueu





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