45 years (video)

G - C - G - D - Em - C - G

G

1. Where the earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone

D

and the sea and the sky are one,

Am C

I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine

D D7

and I'm running naked in the sun.

G

There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees,

D

and the sky is a painful blue,

Am C D G

I'd like to look around, but, Honey, all I see is you. + G - C - G - D

G

2. The summer city lights will soften the night

D

till you'd think that the air is clear,

Am C

and I'm sitting with friends, where forty-five cents

D D7

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.

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 D

ah, but, Honey, what the hell's it for ?

C

After twenty-three years you'd think I could find

G C G

a way to let you know somehow

Am D G

that I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.

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G

3. So alone in the lights on stage every night

D

I've been reaching out to find a friend

Am C

who knows all the words, sings so she's heard

D D7

and knows how all the stories end.

G

Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go

D

home with her for a drink or two

Am C D G

now her smile lights her eyes, but, Honey, all I see is you.

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 D

ah, but, Honey, what the hell's it for ?

C

After twenty-three years you'd think I could find

G C G

a way to let you know somehow

Am D G

that I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.

+ repeat CHORUS + G - C - G - D

Am D G

+ Yes, I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.

(live version. = capo 3rd) (Stan Rogers)