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[ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nConsider it's understood[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nI know I'm not no beauty queen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I sure can listen good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the little man [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTook his drink in his hand [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he raised it to his lips[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe took a couple sips [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then he told the waitress this story[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am the midnight watchman down at Miller's Tool and Die[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd I watch the metal rusting, I watch the time go by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A11[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd this here lovely lady she sat two seats from my right[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Lord, lord, lord, (Lord, Lord, Lord) she was alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou see she was so damn beautiful that she could warm a winters frost[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nBut she looked long past lonely and well nigh onto lost[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow I'm not much of a mover or a pick'em up easy guy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I decided to glide on over and give her one good try[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]/[ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Lord, lord, lord, (Lord, Lord, Lord) she was worth a try[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I was tongue tied like a schoolboy, I stammered out some words[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIt did not seem to matter much 'cause I don't think she heard[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nShe just looked clear on through me to a space back in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt shamed me into silence as quietly she said[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you want me to come with you [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em/G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThen that's all right with me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I know I'm going no-where [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd anywhere's a better place to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]G/F#[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnywheres a better place to be[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nWell, I drove her to my boarding house [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd I took her up to my room[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAnd I went to turn on the only light [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em/D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo brighten up the gloom[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut she said, \"Please leave the light off, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOh, I don't mind the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as her clothes all tumbled 'round her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch] - [ch]Asus4[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI could hear my heart [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe moonlight shone upon her as she lay back in my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nIt was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI just could not believe it to think that she was real[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd as I tried to tell her, she said \"Ssssh, I know just how you feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if you want to come here with me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em/G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThen that's all right with me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]D#[/ch] - [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nCause I've been so lonely [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLovin' someone is a better way to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] - 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