Cancelar
Tom: Am
PATTERN:
Am (repeat) C (repeat)
e -----------0-0------0-0-||-----------0-0------0-0-||
B -----------1-1------1-1-||-----------1-1------1-1-||
G -----------2-2------2-2-||-----------0-0------0-0-||
D -----------2-2------2-2-||-----------2-2------2-2-||
A --3--2--0---------------||--0--2--3---------------||
E -----------------0------||-----------------3------||
F (repeat) G (repeat)
e -----------1-1------1-1-||-----------3-3------3-3-||
B -----------1-1------1-1-||-----------3-3------3-3-||
G -----------2-2------2-2-||-----------4-4------4-4-||
D -----------3-3------3-3-||-----------5-5------5-5-||
A --0--2--3---------------||-----------------5------||
E -----------------1------||--0--2--3---------------||
Intro:
Am C Am G
1.
Am
Evelyn sits by the elevator doors.
C Am
It's been 37 years since James dies on St. Patrick's day in 1964,
Am G Am
But she could not hold it against him.
Am C Am
There were times when there was nothing she could do but lie in bed all day
C Am G
Beside a picture of them together - a picture of better days
CHORUS:
F Am
And just like James, I'll be drinking Irish tonight
G
And the memory of his last work week will be gone forever...
F Am G
Evelyn, I'm not coming home tonight.
F
If we're never together
Am
If I'm never back again
G
Well I swear to god that I'll love you forever.
F Am G
Evelyn, i'm not coming home tonight
2.
Am C
In all the years that went by she said she'd always loved him,
C G F
And from the day that he died, she never loved again.
Am C G F
In his wallet she kept in her nightstand an a.a. card and a lock of red hair
F Am C
She kept secrets of pride, locked so tight in her heart
C G F
It killed a part of her before the rest was gone.
Am C
She said, "if I would have known just how things would have ended up,
G F
I just would have let myself die."
CHORUS
Outro:
F Am G