C    Cmaj7 C    Cmaj7 C    Cmaj7

[Verse]
C                           F                  Dm7
She was twenty-six when she came to the 'burbs
                 F                   C
Where the family secrets stop at the curb (stop at the curb)
                    F
I was nine when she moved next door
        Dm7                  F               C
She had married a Republican, he was for the war
                                          Am
(He was for the war, he was for the war)
                Em
He was mean, he beat her up
F                             C              Am
All the time preaching that Republican stuff
                 Em
Hated blacks, he hated Jews
    F                C
And knelt down Sunday at Our Lady Of The Blues
C
Lady Of The Blues (Lady Of The Blues)

[Verse]
                  F
Over at my house, things were sad
           Dm7               F                   C
Because my folks were always fighting, that made me feel bad (me feel bad)
                         F
I went to her door with a cookie tin
  Dm7              F                           C
I said, "I am your neighbour, would you let me in?"
                                            Am
(Would you let me in, would you let me in)
             Em
She was big, having a baby
    F                           C             Am
She asked me, "Are you hungry", I said maybe
                    Em              F
She gave me soup, a piece of toast
           C                         Dm
She gave me what I needed the most

[Chorus]
      G7
Yeah
                  Em7  Dm
Thank you for the love you gave
           G
To me as a child
                     Em7    Dm
There must have been so much pain
              G       F
That you never cried
      Fmaj7/C C G F
In my home_________
          C
Away from home (away from home)
Fmaj7/C C G F
Home_________
          C
Away from home (home)

[Verse]
                F
Then one day we found a sick bird
       Dm7               F        C
On the very same doorstep where I first met her (first met her)
                         F
Being a nurse, well, she took the bird in
Dm7                    F            C
Fed her with an eyedropper 'til the following spring (following spring)
Am                    Em
When the time came to let the bird go
F                          C             Am
This is what she said when I cried 'No'
                Em
"If you keep her locked inside
F                   C              Dm
Honey, she won't be able to fly"

[Chorus]
     G7
Yeah
                  Em7  Dm
Thank you for the love you gave
           G
To me as a child
                     Em7    Dm
There must have been so much pain
                G     F
That you kept inside
      Fmaj7/C C G F
In my home_________
          C
Away from home (home)
Fmaj7/C C G F
Home_________
          C
Away from home (home)
Fmaj7/C C G F
Home_________
          C
Away from home (home)