Raymond

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(Ditty)twice

I w[G]ork down at Ashbury Hills, [G]Minimum wage but it pays the bills c[C]leaning
floors, and leading hymms on s[G]unday. [G]Katherine Davis room 303, the[G] sweetest
soul you ever could meet. I [Em]bring her morning [D]coffee every[C]day.

She calls me [C]Raymond. She thinks I'm her [G]son, tells me [C]get washed up for
supper 'fore you[D]r daddy gets home. She goe[C]s on about the weather and how she
[Em]can't believe it's [D]already 1[AM]943. She calls me [C]Raymond, and that's alright by
(Ditty)
 me

Shetalksabout [G]clothesontheline in the summer air, [G]Christmas morning and
Thanksgiving prayer.. and st[C]oriesof thefamilythat I never [G]had. Well
[Em]sometimesI find my[D]self wishing I'd been [C]there

When She calls me [C]Raymond. She thinks I'm her [G]son, tells me [C]get washed up for
supper 'fore your[D] daddy gets home. She goe[C]s on about the weather and how she
[Em]can't believe it's [D]already 1[AM]943. She calls me [C]Raymond, and that's alright by
[G]me

There's a [Em]small white cross inArlington, reads [C]Raymond Davi[AM/C]s '71. [F]Until she
can see his face again, I'm [C]gonna fill in the BEST I can....

When She calls me [C]Raymond. She thinks I'm her [G]son, tells me [C]get washed up for
supper 'fore your[D] daddy gets home. She goe[C]s on about the weather and how she
[Em]can't believe it's [D]already 1[AM]943. She calls me [C]Raymond, and that's alright by
[G]me

              [C]         [AM]          (Ditty)twice (slowly strum out on [G])
She call's me Raymond,mmm and that's alright..... by me.