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Doris And Edwin

Christine Lavin
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 The first  time that she saw him
  was in the office  canteen
 He was buying  a cup of coffee --
  three  sugars and double cream
Two  weeks later she saw him
  at the elevator  banks
 His hands  were full, she held the doors for
  him  and he said thanks
 Now she's in love
 For her it doesn't take much
 She's in love
 But this is not your ordinary  office crush
 For she  works in the basement
  near  the boiler room door
 And he  works in accounting
  on the 37th floor
 Now I'm not much  of a mathematician
  but even I  can see
 That in a building  of 37 floors
  and four  thousand employees
 Her chances  of running into him were really
  not  that good
 Even though she hung  out at the canteen and rode the elevator
  every  spare minute she could
 'Cause she's in love
 And she don't even know his name  (it's Edwin)
 She's in love
 Love can be such  a cruel cruel game
 For she  works in the basement
  near  the boiler room door
 And he  works in accounting
  on the 37th floor
 (And by the way, did I happen to mention...)
 That when this building  was constructed
  it was done  improperly
 And one  day on the fourth floor
  there was a short  in the electricity
 It burned  up walls and desks and chairs
  and all  the secretaries
 And the alarm  did not go off until it
  reached  floor 33
 Floor thirty-three,  floor thirty-three
 (And on the upper floors people were running and screaming and
 jumping out of windows to get away from the flames -- it was
 gross)
 Now the woman  in the basement,
  she  ran up the stairs
Out  the emergency exit
  into  the fresh air
She  looked up because just then
  it  began to shower
 That's when  she saw her true love coming...
  one hundred  miles an hour
 Oh-oh,  Oh no....
 I'm not much  of a mathematician,
  but even I  can see
 The chances  of him landing on her
  were very  slim indeed (but he did!)
 So they buried  them together
  the following  day
 And even now  when I ride the elevator
  I  can hear someone say
 She was in love
 For her it didn't take much
 She was in love
 But this was not your ordinary  office... crush
 For she  worked in the basement
  near  the boiler room door
 And he  worked in accounting
  on the 37th  floor
She  worked in the basement
  and he  the 37th floor
 But fate  brought them together,
  they flirted  nevermore
 Nevermore, nevermore...

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Readable chord sheet for Doris And Edwin by Christine Lavin

The [D]first time that she saw him
  was in the [G]office canteen
He was [Bb]buying a cup of coffee --
  [A]three sugars and double cream
[D]Two weeks later she saw him
  at the ele[G]vator banks
His [A]hands were full, she held the doors for
  [G]him and he said [D]thanks

Now she's in [Bm]love
For her it doesn't take [F#]much
She's in [Bm]love
But this is not your [A]ordinary office crush
For [Bm]she works in the [D]basement
  [G]near the boiler room door
And [D]he works in [A]accounting
  on the [G]37th [D]floor

Now I'm not [D]much of a mathematician
  but even [G]I can see
That in a [Bb]building of 37 floors
  and [A]four thousand employees
Her [D]chances of running into him were really
  [G]not that good
Even though she [A]hung out at the canteen and rode the elevator
  [G]every spare minute she [D]could

'Cause she's in [Bm]love
And she don't even know his [F#]name (it's Edwin)
She's in [Bm]love
Love can be [A]such a cruel cruel game
For [Bm]she works in the [D]basement
  [G]near the boiler room door
And [D]he works in [A]accounting
  on the [G]37th [D]floor

(And by the way, did I happen to mention...)
That when this [A]building was constructed
  it was [Bm]done improperly
And [A]one day on the fourth floor
  there was a [Bm]short in the electricity
It [A]burned up walls and desks and chairs
  and [Bm]all the secretaries
And the [A]alarm did not go off until it
  [Bm]reached floor 33
Floor thirty-[A]three, floor thirty-[Bm]three

(And on the upper floors people were running and screaming and
jumping out of windows to get away from the flames -- it was
gross)

Now the [A]woman in the basement,
  [Bm]she ran up the stairs
[A]Out the emergency exit
  [Bm]into the fresh air
[A]She looked up because just then
  [Bm]it began to shower
That's [A]when she saw her true love coming...
  one [Bm]hundred miles an hour
Oh-[A]oh, Oh [Bm]no....

I'm not [D]much of a mathematician,
  but even [G]I can see
The [Bb]chances of him landing on her
  were [A]very slim indeed (but he did!)
So they [D]buried them together
  the [G]following day
And even [A]now when I ride the elevator
  [G]I can hear someone [D]say

She was in [Bm]love
For her it didn't take [F#]much
She was in [Bm]love
But this was not your [A]ordinary office... crush
For [Bm]she worked in the [D]basement
  [G]near the boiler room door
And [D]he worked in [A]accounting
  on the [G]37th floor

[Bm]She worked in the [D]basement
  and [G]he the 37th floor
But [D]fate brought them to[A]gether,
  they [G]flirted never[D]more

Nevermore, nevermore...

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