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That Was The Year by John Gorka


     That Was The Year



Capo:no capo
 
Intro: C F C F C F Dm G
 
C                    F
That was the year he combed his hair
   C                F
He did it himself I do declare
C                  F
wore it out in the open air
    Dm                 G
And smiled for all the ladies
 
Can't really say it was in style
Not by a mile, it was off the dial
He'd do it then every once in a awhile
There's a painting I can show ye
 
     F                     G
     That was the year his hat was stole
     F              C
     Pilfered by an elfin troll
     F
     Knocked him on his head and his 
     C
     Head was swole
     Dm           G
     Early in the morning
 
When he woke he was alone
Money gone all on its own
His pillow was the smoothest stone
His bed it was primeval
 
Left to die on the forest floor
He was saved by Edward the matador
Who was there in town to settle a score
A duel at twenty paces
 
Ed bound his wounds by a sylvan creek
Spoke of a very young Veronique
And other "true loves" so to speak
As the mob came within earshot
 
     That was the year he washed his face
     I recall the time and place
     He'd just left an inner space
     And was hoping for a landing
 
That was the year he scrubbed his ears
He'd never heard a voice so clear
'Til she whispered that word in his ear
That he has not forgotten
 
     That was the year he combed his hair
     I was a witness, I was there
     The day was warm and the sky was fair
     And her glanced changed him forever





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