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[Verse]
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I don't know how to tell her
A                                  E    Esus4    E
I didn't get that raise in pay today
      D
And I know how much she wanted
    A
The dress in Baker's window
        E              A                  E
And it breaks my heart to see her have to wait
A             E                 A            E
   And cancel all the plans she made to celebrate

[Chorus]
          D                              A
But I can count on her to take it with a smile
           E   Esus4  E
And not a frown,      she knows that
                                   Esus4  E
Life has its little ups and downs

Like ponies on a merry go round
E7         D                              A
    And no one grabs the brass ring every time
               E      Esus4  E
But she don't mind
            B                A
She wears a gold ring on her finger
                          E     Esus4  E
And I'm so glad that it's mine

[Chorus]

The new house plans we've had so long
A                                 E     Esus4   E
I guess, will gather dust another year
        D
And the daffodils are bloomin'
         A                              E 
That she planted way last fall upon the hill
    A            E
And over by the gate
A            E           A                    E
  God knows, I hate to say again, we'll have to wait

[Chorus]
            D                                A
But you can bet that she will take it with a smile
          E       Esus4   E
And not a frown,
                                                  Esus4  E
she knows that life has its little ups and downs

Like ponies on a merry go round
E7     D                              A
And no one grabs the brass ring every time
              E    Esus4   E
But she don't mind
            B                A
She wears a gold ring on her finger
                          E
And I'm so glad that it's mine

[Outro]
            B                A
She wears a gold ring on her finger
                          E      Esus4  E
And I'm so glad that it's mine