Forty-five Years
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Where the Earth show it bones of wind broken stone
and the sea and the sky are one
I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
and I'm running naked in the sun
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
and the sky is a painful blue
I'd like to look around, but Honey all I see is you.
Intro to chorus is ---
And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
Ah but Honey what the hell's it for
After twenty-three years you'ld think I could find a way
to let you know somehow
That I want to see your smiling face forty five years from now.
The summer city lights will soften the night
'Til you'd think that the air is clear
And I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents
Will buy another glass of beer
He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
That I don't know who I'm talking to
'Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, All I see is you.
To Chorus
So alone in the lights on stage every night
I've been reaching out to find a friend
Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard
And knows how all the stories end
Maybe after the show she'1l ask me to go
Home with her for a drink or two
Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey, all I see is you.
Repeat Chorus twice
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Readable chord sheet for Forty-five Years by Stan Rogers
Where the E[G]arth show it bones of wind broken stone and the s[D/F#]ea and the sky are one I'm c[Am]aught out of time, my bl[C]ood sings with wine and I'm ru[D/F#]nning naked in the sun There's G[G]od in the trees, I'm weak in the knees and the [D/F#]sky is a painful blue I'd l[Am]ike to look around, but H[C]oney all I [D/F#]see is yo[G]u. Intro to chorus is [G]-[C]-[G]-[D/F#] And I j[C]ust want to hold you closer than I've ever h[G]eld anyo[C]ne before [G] You say you've [C]been twice a wife and you're t[G]hrough with life Ah but [Am]Honey what the [Am/G]hell's it fo[D/F#]r After tw[C]enty-three years you'ld think I could find a way[G] to let you k[C]now somehow [G] That I w[Am]ant to see your sm[Am/G]iling face [D/F#]forty five years fro[G]m now. The su[G]mmer city lights will soften the night 'Til you'd[D] think that the air is clear And I'm s[Am]itting with friends where for[C]ty-five cents Will b[D]uy another glass of beer He's got som[G]ething to say, but I'm so far away That I do[D]n't know who I'm talking to 'Cause yo[Am]u just walked in the door, and [C]Honey, All I s[D]ee is y[G]ou. To Chorus So alon[G]e in the lights on stage every night I've been rea[D/F#]ching out to find a friend Who kn[Am]ows all the words, s[C]ings so she's heard And k[D/F#]nows how all the stories end Maybe a[G]fter the show she'1l ask me to go Home w[D/F#]ith her for a drink or two Now her s[Am]mile lights her eyes, but H[C]oney, all I s[D/F#]ee is y[G]ou. Repeat Chorus twice