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Forty-Five Years by Stan Rogers
Forty-Five Years
(guitar - capo 3rd fret)
G
Where the Earth show it bones of wind broken stone
D/F#
and the sea and the sky are one
Am C
I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
D/F#
and I'm running naked in the sun
G
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
D/F#
and the sky is a painful blue
Am C D/F# G
I'd like to look around, but Honey all I see is you.
CHORUS
Intro to chorus is G-C-G-D/F#
C G C G
And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
C G
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
Am Am/G D/F#
Ah but Honey what the hell's it for
C G
After twenty-three years you'ld think I could find a way
C G
to let you know somehow
Am Am/G D/F# G
That I want to see your smiling face forty five years from now.
G
The summer city lights will soften the night
D
'Til you'd think that the air is clear
Am C
And I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents
D
Will buy another glass of beer
G
He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
D
That I don't know who I'm talking to
Am C D G
'Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, All I see is you.
To Chorus
G
So alone in the lights on stage every night
D/F#
I've been reaching out to find a friend
Am C
Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard
D/F#
And knows how all the stories end
G
Maybe after the show she'1l ask me to go
D/F#
Home with her for a drink or two
Am C D/F# G
Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey, all I see is you.
Repeat Chorus twice
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version 2
Capo 3
Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------2---------------------------|
B|-----3p0--1-3--1--------1----------3p0--1-3--3--------3------------------|
G|---0------0-0--0----0-------0----0------0-0--2----2-------2--------------|
D|---------------2--2-------2---------------------0-------0----------------|
A|---------------3------3--------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------------3-------------2------2--------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------3--------|
B|-----3p0--1-3--1--------1------0h1p0-----------0----------0--------------|
G|----------0-0--0----0-------0--------2p0-----0---0----0-------0-----0----|
D|---------------2--2-------2--------------0h2--------0-------0-----0------|
A|---2-----------3------3--------------------------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------3----------------|
Verse:
e|--------------------------------------------------------2--------------2-|
B|---0--------0--------0---0h1----1--------0--------3--------------3-------|
G|-------0--------0--------0----------0--------0--------2-----2--------2---|
D|-----0--------0--------0--h2------2-----------------0-----0--------0-----|
A|-------------------------------------------2-----------------------------|
E|-3--------3--------3----------3--------3--------2--------------2---------|
01 Where the earth shows its bones of wind-broken Stone,
and the sea and sky are one,
02 There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees,
and the sky is a painful blue.
03 Now the summer city lights will soften the night,
till you think that the air is clear,
04 He's got something to say, but I'm so far away,
that I don't know who I'm talking to,
09 Well, alone in the lights on stage every night,
I've been reaching out to find a friend.
10 Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go home with her
for a drink or two.
e|-------------------------------------------------2--------------2--------|
B|-------1--------1--------1--------1--------3--------------3--------------|
G|---2-------2--------0--------0--------0--------2-----2--------2-----2----|
D|-0-------2-----------------2--------2--------0-----0--------0-----0------|
A|-----0--------0---2----3--------3----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------2--------------2--------------------|
01 I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine,
and I'm running naked in the sun. >> 2
03 I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents,
will buy another glass of beer. >> 4
09 Who knows all the words and sings so she's heard,
and knows how all the stories end.
e|---------------------------------------------3--------------3------------|
B|---1--------1--------1--------3--------0--------------0------------------|
G|-------2--------0--------0--------2--------0-----0--------0--------------|
D|-----2-----------------2--------0--------0-----0--------0----------------|
A|-0--------0---2----3-----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------2--------3--------------3--------------------|
02 I'd like to look around, but honey all I see is you. >> 3
04 'Cause you just walked in the door, and honey all I see is you. >> 5
10 Now her smile lights her eyes, but honey, all I see is you. >> 5
Chorus:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------1--------1---3-1---------0--------1--------0--------0------------|
G|---0--------0--------0-0----2--------0--------0--------0-----------------|
D|-0--------2--------2------2--------0--------2--------0-------------------|
A|------3--------3------------------------3--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------3-----------------3--------3--------------|
5 And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before. >> 6
7 After twenty-three years you'd think I could find a way
to let you know somehow, >> 8
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------1--------1--------0--------0-------|
G|---0--------0--------0--------0--------0---|
D|-0--------2--------2--------0--------2-----|
A|------3--------3---------------------------|
E|------------------------3--------1---------|
6 You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life.
e|--------------------------2--------------2-|
B|---1--------1---0---3--------------3-------|
G|-------2----------------2-----2--------2---|
D|-----2----------------0-----0--------0-----|
A|-0--------0--------------------------------|
E|--------------3---2--------------2---------|
6 Ah but honey, what the hell's it for? >> 7
e|---------------------------------------------3---------------------------|
B|---1--------1---0----3--------3--------0---------------0-----------------|
G|-------2-----------------2--------2--------0------0--------0-------------|
D|-----2-----------------0--------0--------0------0--------0---------------|
A|-0--------0--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------3----2--------2--------3---------------3-------------------|
8 I just want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.
1st x >> 9, 2nd x >> First two bars of Intro >> repeat 8 >> Intro, end on G.
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version 3
Time: 2/2 (sync) Tenor: Bb Bass: Bb
INTRO: 1, 2m, 5, 1
1 *
Where the earth shows it's bones of wind-broken stone
5 *
And the sea and the sky are one
2m 4
I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
5 *
And I'm running naked in the sun
1 *
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
5 *
And the sky is a painful blue
2m 4 5 1 ( 4, 1, 5 )
I'd like to look around, but Honey, all I see is you
1 *
The summer city lights will soften the night
5 *
Till you'd think that the air is clear
2m 4
And I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents
5 *
Will buy another glass of beer
1 *
He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
5 *
That I don't know who I'm talking to
2m 4 5 1
Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, all I see is you
CHORUS (after verses 2 and 3):
4 *
And I just want to hold you closer
1 4 1
Than I've ever held any-one be-fore
4 1
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
2m 5
Ah but Honey, what the hell's it for
4 *
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
1 4 1
A way to let you know some-how
2m 2m/1 5 1 (*)
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
NOTES:
- Strum: clawhammer, 52, 43, B2, 45 or B, 43, B2, 43
FORTY-FIVE YEARS PAGE TWO
1 *
So a-lone in the lights on stage every night
5 *
I've been reaching out to find a friend
2m 4
Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard
5 *
And knows how all the stories end
1 *
Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go
5 *
Home with her for a drink or two
2m 4 5 1
Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey all I see is you
CHORUS:
4 *
And I just want to hold you closer
1 4 1
Than I've ever held any-one be-fore
4 1
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
2m 5
Ah but Honey, what the hell's it for
4 *
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
1 4 1
A way to let you know some-how
2m 2m/1 5 1 (*)
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now
ENDING: REPEAT CHORUS
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
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