45 Years

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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   
I'd like to look around, but, 
         D      G
honey, all I see is you.

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
          G
Well, the summer city lights will 
soften the night
         D
Till you think that the air is 
clear,
    Am                        
I'm sitting with friends where 
 C
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                          
'Cause you just walked in the door,
      C            D      G
 and, honey, all I see is you.

[Chorus]
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      C
And I just want to hold you closer 
than,
          G       C     G
I've ever held anyone before;
               C                   
You say you've been twice a wife 
  G
and you're through with life,
         Am                        
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it 
D
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]
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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  
Now her smile lights her eyes, 
               D      G
but, honey, all I see is you.

[Bridge]
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[Chorus]
      C
And I just want to hold you closer 
than,
          G       C     G
I've ever held anyone before;
               C                   
You say you've been twice a wife 
  G
and you're through with life,
         Am                        
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it 
D
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                   
You say you've been twice a wife 
  G
and you're through with life,
         Am                        
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it 
D
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.