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[Verse 1]
C Bm Em E7
Miss Fudge is only waiting for a man to come her way
Am E7 Am
She has been waiting eighty years for Mr Maple
E7 Am E7
But he doesn't know that she is waiting too
It's nothing new
C Bm Em
Mister Maple gets up early every morning
E7 Am E7
Cooks his breakfast all alone the house is cold
Am E7 Am E7
He needs a woman's hand to comfort him in his reclining years
He overhears
[Bridge]
C F C F
The people on the street they pass him by and sort of snicker
C F C F
In his younger years he should have been a little quicker
D G D G
For in the hand of someone he could love but who's to judge
D G F#7
If he'll ever have a meeting with Miss Fudge
[Break]
C B7 Em E7 Am E7 Am G F E7
[Verse 2]
C Bm Em E7
Miss Fudge's hopes were fading that a man would come her way
Am E7
She had been darning no one's socks
Am E7
And when the years crept up her misery
Am E7
Just slowly pushed her on
And now she's gone
C Bm Em E7
Mister Maple's life alone was just too much for him to bear
Am E7 Am
And in his heart he knew that there would never be
E7 Am E7
a someone magical for him at times he cried
And then he died
[Outro]
C F C F
But everything is better now, they're both at last together
C F C F
The question now is answered for all those who wondered whether
D G D G
They each at last had found a friend and if they did misjudge
D G F#7
Their tombstones side by side read Maple Fudge
