Mail Order Annie
Harry ChapinVersion1
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At first I did not think it could be you
But you're the only one that got off the train
So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey, yes, yes
I must be your husband. Yes, I'm Harry Crane
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
You who are the woman
Who's come to be my wife
You know you're not as pretty as I dreamed you'd be
But then I'm not no handsome fancy Dan
And out here looks are really not important, no, no
It's what's inside a woman when she's up against the land
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
You who are the woman
Who's come to be my wife
You know it's not no easy life you're entering
The winter wind comes whistlin' through the cracks there in the sod
You know you'll never have too many neighbours
There's you babe, and there's me, and there's God
You know I'm just a dirt man from the North Dakota plains
You're one girl from the city who's been thrown out on her own
And I'm standing here not sure of what to say to you
'Ceptin' mail order Annie, let's you and me go home
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
You who are the woman
Who's come to be my wife
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Readable chord sheet for Mail Order Annie by Harry Chapin
[C] [Em] [Am] [F] [G] [G7] At f[C]irst I did not [Em]think it could be y[Am]ou But y[F]ou're the only one that got off the tr[G]ain [G7] So [E]you must be my[E7] wife Miss Annie[Am] Halsey, yes, [Am7]yes [F]I must be your husband. Y[G]es, I'm Harry [G7]Crane [C]Mail order [Em]Annie, [F]never mind your [C]cryin' Your tears are [Em]sweet rain in my [F]empty [G]life[G7] [C]Mail order [Em]Annie, [F]can't you see I'm [C]tryin' To [F]tell you that I'm [C]glad you're here [F]You who are the [G]woman Who's [F]come to [G]be my [C]wife You [C]know you're not as [Em]pretty as I [Am]dreamed you'd be But t[F]hen I'm not no handsome fancy [G]Dan [G7] And [E]out here looks are [E7]really not [Am]important, no,[Am7] no It's [F]what's inside a woman when she's [G]up against the [G7]land [C]Mail order [Em]Annie, [F]never mind your [C]cryin' Your tears are [Em]sweet rain in my [F]empty [G]life[G7] [C]Mail order [Em]Annie, [F]can't you see I'm [C]tryin' To [F]tell you that I'm [C]glad you're here [F]You who are the [G]woman Who's [F]come to [G]be my [C]wife [Em] [Am] You [Am]know it's not no easy life you're [Bbmaj7]entering The [Am]winter wind comes whistlin' through the crac[Bbmaj7]ks there in the sod You [Am]know you'll never have too many n[F]eighbours There's [Am]you babe, and there's me,[Dm7] and there's [G]God[G7] [C]You know I'm just a [Em]dirt man from the [Am]North Dakota plains You're [F]one girl from the city who's been [G]thrown out on her own And I'm [E]standing here not [E7]sure of what to [Am]say to yo[Am7]u 'Ceptin' [F]mail order Annie, let's [G]you and me go [G7]home [C]Mail order [Em]Annie, [F]never mind your [C]cryin' Your tears are [Em]sweet rain in my [F]empty [G]life[G7] [C]Mail order [Em]Annie, [F]can't you see I'm [C]tryin' To [F]tell you that I'm [C]glad you're here [F]You who are the [G]woman Who's [F]come to [G]be my [C]wife [C] [Em] [Am] [F] [G] [G7]