Letter To Alan Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]When it's [G]time [C]for
[D]your re[Am]flection[G][Am]
As you [G]wait [C]till hel[D]p
ar[A]rives[Am][G][Am]
See our [F]good [G]friend's [F]face
[G]on the dashboa[C]rd[D]
And to [F]know [G]you [F]can[Dm] not[G]
[C]leave [Am]that cab alive[G][F]
Do you [G]know I [Am]reach [F]for[G] you[C],
[Am]from[G] later t[F]imes

[Interlude 1]
[F][C][Am][A]
[Eb][D]
[C]Once I knew

[Verse 2]
[Am][C][D][G][C][D]
Once I [A]knew[C][D][A][G][C][D]
Now [C]I'm [Am]walking[C][D][A][G][C][D]
Now I'm [A]walking [C]in [D]the dark[A][G][C][D]
Like [A]bells our dogs are [G]yelling
All [C]across Centennial [G]Park
And [Am]the Sunday morning [Dm]light
just sends [G]me blind
And I'm [Am]only feeling use[G]less
Cause there's [C]nothing I can [G]blame
Every [Am]person, thing [E]and [F]circum[D]stance
That [E]moves this perfect day
[C]You've left behind

[Interlude 2]
[Am][C][D][A][G]
[C][D][C][A][C][D][A][G][C][D]
And [C]I'm think

[Verse 3]
[A]ing[C][D][A][G][C][D]
Christ[C]mas[A][Am][C][D]
[A]198[G]2[C][D]
[A]Around this time a [G]year ago
[C]Gaskill sold his [G]boat
And [Am]headed for the Cross
[Dm]to sink a few[G]
[A]Never [E]trust a Way[C#]side [E]Chapel crowd
On [Dm]Christ[D]mas [C]Eve[G]
[Bm]They [Am]must be en[E]tertained
[Bdim]And if a[D] str[E]anger does[D] the dying[C]
That's [Am]O.K.![C][D]
[A][Am][G][C][D][Am][D]

[Verse 4]
[A]And[D] I'm[G] si[Am]t[D][Am]
ting in a [G]hotel room
[C]Along Rue St. [G]Louis
[Am]Dialing old phone- [Dm]numbers down the [G]line
And I [Am]meas[E]ure my posit[F]ion
[E]To the obs[F]tacles we [Dm]crossed[C][G]
[Am]The territory cove[E]red[F]
[D]And the [E]parties [D]that we [C]lost

[Interlude 3]
Those were the days
[Am][C][D][Am][G][C][D][Am][C][D][A][G][C][D]
[Bm][A][D][E]
[Bm][A][Bm][A][D]
[E][Bm][A][Bm][G][A][Bm]
[A][D][E][G][A][Bm][A][D]
[Bm][A][G]

[Verse 5]
And if I don't hang [G]around
Our old [F#m]gambling [F#]grounds
[Bm]It does not mean that I've forgo[E]tten
We [Bm]be li[A]eved, an[D]d I st[E]ill do[Bm]

[Outro 1]
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[Dm][G][Am][C][D][Am]
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[C][G][Am][D][Dm][G][Am][E][F]
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