Intro:
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  My wife stood by  the harbor
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  Her hands set in a wave
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  Like no more evening and day
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  Now I see  the beauty I failed to see when she was me
Bm          F#m                    Bm/D                            E
  Life undress me of her, step by step, like a silk dress, she fell

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to my feet. She brought me flowers
D           Bm          F#m     E
  Said she liked my work
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I thought she  couldn't do us any  harm
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He never liked that kind of charm
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But how could he resist when her dress let in
D      E        Asus4 - A       Asus4 - A
  the autumn sun?

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  I used to watch  the sparrows
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  Perched on electric wires
D            F#m                     C# - D
  Like notes of a song waiting to be sung, for you, I wrote them
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down  Ouuuuu    Ouuuuuuu  Ouuuu
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  He laughed at life that kept me sane in a world of dark dark

    D  Bm              F#m      E
games. She brought me flowers
D           Bm          F#m     E
  Said she liked my work
             D          Bm      F#m    A
I thought she  couldn't do us any  harm
          D          Bm       D   Bm
He never liked that kind of charm
          D         Bm         D        Bm   
But how could he resist when her dress let in
D      E        Asus4 - A
  the autumn sun?

F#msus4  F#m  F#msus4           F#m         F#msus4                    F#m
      Ouuu           She watered the garden      and played with the kids
F#msus4                   F#m                       E       C# - C#7
      For her birthday, let her try on his wedding ring

D   Bm             F#m      E
    She brought me flowers
D           Bm          F#m     E
  Said she liked my work
             D          Bm      F#m    A
I thought she  couldn't do us any  harm
          D          Bm       D   Bm
He never liked that kind of charm
          D         Bm         D        Bm   
But how could he resist when her dress let in
D      E        F#m
  the autumn sun?