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The saddest song - Dough Ashdown
Intro:
Fi –    Emi–    Dmi-    C–    G- 
   CAnd the     Empapers got wet in the     Ammorning rain 
      Am/GAnd the birds came
                      F                G         C(G)                   
   And Friday started     early that     day 
   CMr. Albert Allow     EmWishes Jones
    AmRubbed the sleep out       Am/Gof his bones
   FAte his toast and spoke her name
   FHis feet went of to find a train
       Cmaj7Same old way
          Am7/                                                
And his        hand reached out to catch it’s pay
                        Am7/                                  
And there was much he        didn’t know about his life/
      Fmaj7/                                                    
The          girl who typed his letters
            Fmaj7/                                              
Loved him         better 
Than his         Cmaj7wife Fmaj7  
Chorus:
And he    Ccouldn’t hear the     Emsong 
The chil -     Amdren sang Am  
And he     Cwouldn’t see the     Emtrees 
Be -     Ahind the wall A7  
And he      Dmdidn’t hear the       C#+melody 
     F/CThe bells played when they     Grang
For the     Ccity        C/Bbsang the     Fsaddest    Gsong of 
       Cmaj7   Fmaj7-    Cmaj7-                                                       Fmaj7  
       All 
Inter:
    AmAnd mrs. Milly jones arose
    GmAnd ran a comb around her curls
    AmAnd did the washing and the ironing 
For three      Gmdirty little girls
And her      Bmbody glowed as she recalled
That the      Amman who sold the milk
    BmStill thought her young and sweet enough
To say that      Amit was made of silk
And she          Bbmaj7smiled as she re –       C7membered
All the         Fmaj7things about his touch
And she          Bbmaj7wondered how a man      C7like that
       Fmaj7Could make her feel so much
    AmAnd then she cooked the diner
      Am/GFor a sad and ti –         D7/F#red ‘n old breadwinner
Chorus:
And she     Ccouldn’t hear the      Emsong 
The chil -      Amdren sang Am  
And she     Cwouldn’t see the      Emtrees 
Be –      A7hind the wall A7  
And she      Dmdidn’t hear the        C#+melody 
     F/CThe bells played when they     Grang
For the     Ccity        C/Bbsang the     Fsaddest     Gsong of 
        Cmaj7         Fmaj7   Cmaj7-                                                  Fmaj7  
       Aa -         ll 
    CAnd the Jones’s leaves      Emwere in a pile
                            Am   Am/G-                              
    And their children smiled 
                     F                    G7         C(G)                
    And brought them      breakfast on a     tray 
    CAnd Mr. And      EmMrs. Jones
    AmRubbed the sleep        Am/Gout of their bones
    FTook the food and         Fmaj7said “thank you”
And then they         Fmaj7wondered what to do with the 
       Cmaj7Saturday
          Fmaj7/                                                
And her          hand reached out to catch his pay
And as he gave
He         Fmaj7smiled and called her “mother”
                              Fmaj7/                           
And she spent some u - pon a          child
And the rest upon her         Cmaj7lo -         Fmaj7ver
Chorus:
And they     Ccouldn’t hear the      Emsong 
The chil -     Amdren sang Am  
And they     Cwouldn’t see the     Emtrees 
Be –       A7hind the wall A7  
And they     Dmnever hear the        C#+melody 
     F/CThe bells played when they     Grang
For the     Ccity        C/Bbsang the     Fsaddest     Gsong 
Of         Cmaj7all, of 
        Fmaj7Aa –          Cmaj7aa –         Fmaj7ll
 Cmaj7–  Fmaj7  
(START FADING)
Outro:
Deu deu deu          Cmaj7deueueueu
Deu deu deudeu         Fmaj7deueueueu
Deu deu deu         Cmaj7deueueueu
Deu deu deudeu         Fmaj7deueueueu
Fi  x81010108
    Emix79987
    Dmix57765
      Cx32010
      G320033
     Em022000
     Amx02210
   Am/G302210
      F133211
  Cmaj7x32000
    Am7x02010
  Fmaj7102210
      Ax02220
     A7x02020
     Dmxx0231
C#+    x43221
    F/Cx33211
   C/Bbx12010
 Bbmaj7x13231
     C7x32310
  D7/F#2x0212

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The Saddest Song

by Doug Ashdown

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Emi

Dmi

Am/G

Cmaj7

Am7

Fmaj7

F/C

C/Bb

Bbmaj7

D7/F#

The saddest song - Dough Ashdown

Intro:

Emi Dmi C G

Fi – – - – -

C Em Am

And the papers got wet in the morning rain

Am/G

And the birds came

F G C

(G)

And Friday started early that day

C Em

Mr. Albert Allow Wishes Jones

Am Am/G

Rubbed the sleep out of his bones

Ate his toast and spoke her name

His feet went of to find a train

Cmaj7

Same old way

Am7

And his hand reached out to catch it’s pay

Am7

And there was much he didn’t know about his life/

Fmaj7

The girl who typed his letters

Fmaj7

Loved him better

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Than his wife

Chorus:

C Em

And he couldn’t hear the song

Am Am

The chil - dren sang

C Em

And he wouldn’t see the trees

A A7

Be - hind the wall

Dm C#+

And he didn’t hear the melody

F/C G

The bells played when they rang

C C/Bb F G

For the city sang the saddest song of

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

- -

All

Inter:

And mrs. Milly jones arose

And ran a comb around her curls

And did the washing and the ironing

For three dirty little girls

And her body glowed as she recalled

That the man who sold the milk

Still thought her young and sweet enough

To say that it was made of silk

Bbmaj7 C7

And she smiled as she re – membered

Fmaj7

All the things about his touch

Bbmaj7 C7

And she wondered how a man like that

Fmaj7

Could make her feel so much

And then she cooked the diner

Am/G D7/F#

For a sad and ti – red ‘n old breadwinner

Chorus:

C Em

And she couldn’t hear the song

Am Am

The chil - dren sang

C Em

And she wouldn’t see the trees

A7 A7

Be – hind the wall

Dm C#+

And she didn’t hear the melody

F/C G

The bells played when they rang

C C/Bb F G

For the city sang the saddest song of

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Aa - ll

C Em

And the Jones’s leaves were in a pile

Am Am/G

And their children smiled

F G7 C

(G)

And brought them breakfast on a tray

C Em

And Mr. And Mrs. Jones

Am Am/G

Rubbed the sleep out of their bones

F Fmaj7

Took the food and said “thank you”

Fmaj7

And then they wondered what to do with the

Cmaj7

Saturday

Fmaj7

And her hand reached out to catch his pay

And as he gave

Fmaj7

He smiled and called her “mother”

Fmaj7

And she spent some u - pon a child

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

And the rest upon her lo - ver

Chorus:

C Em

And they couldn’t hear the song

Am Am

The chil - dren sang

C Em

And they wouldn’t see the trees

A7 A7

Be – hind the wall

Dm C#+

And they never hear the melody

F/C G

The bells played when they rang

C C/Bb F G

For the city sang the saddest song

Cmaj7

Of all, of

Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Aa – aa – ll

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

–

(START FADING)

Outro:

Cmaj7

Deu deu deu deueueueu

Fmaj7

Deu deu deudeu deueueueu

Cmaj7

Deu deu deu deueueueu

Fmaj7

Deu deu deudeu deueueueu

Fi x81010108

Emi

x79987

Dmi

x57765

x32010

320033

022000

x02210

Am/G

302210

133211

Cmaj7

x32000

Am7

x02010

Fmaj7

102210

x02220

x02020

xx0231

C#+ x43221

F/C

x33211

C/Bb

x12010

Bbmaj7

x13231

x32310

D7/F#

2x0212

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