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Slow down,
F (133211@1)       Eb (x43121@3)              F (133211@1) 
we've got time left to be lazy
        Bb (x1333x@1)      Bb/A         Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F     Eb (x43121@3)              FAll (133211@1)the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes.
          Bb (x1333x@1)  Bb/A  Gm (355333@1)  F (133211@1)    Eb (x43121@3)              FWe've (133211@1)got fifty good years left to spend out in the garden
         Eb (x43121@3)            DmI (xx0231@1)don't care to beg your pardon,
           Cm (x3101x@1)  FWe (133211@1)should live
           BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_133211@1">F BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Bbuntil (x1333x@1)we die.


        Bb (x1333x@1)       Bb/A            Gm (355333@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb FWe (133211@1)were barely eighteen when we'd crossed collective hearts.
        Eb (x43121@3)             Dm (xx0231@1)          Cm (x3101x@1)               FIt (133211@1)was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye.
             Bb (x1333x@1)         Bb/A    Gmand (355333@1)then you turned, put out your hand,
   F (133211@1) Eb (x43121@3)          Fand (133211@1)you asked me to dance.
        Eb (x43121@3)        Dm (xx0231@1)               Cm (x3101x@1)           F (133211@1)
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight.


  Eb (x43121@3)              F (133211@1)                         BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose.
       Eb (x43121@3)            F (133211@1)                           BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
Eb (x43121@3)                   FEven (133211@1)if the sun stops waking up over the fields
             Bb (x1333x@1)             Bb/A            GmI (355333@1)will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time.
         Eb (x43121@3)                       F (133211@1)                      BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_133211@1">F BbBb/A (x1333x@1)BbSo (x1333x@1)just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side.

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           Bb (x1333x@1)       Bb/A            Gm (355333@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb FIt (133211@1)was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over.
        Eb (x43121@3)      Dm (xx0231@1)      Cm (x3101x@1)         FSo (133211@1)we moved to Arizona to save our only son
             BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
and now he's turning to a man,
            Eb (x43121@3)                  Falthough (133211@1)he thinks just like his mother,
      Eb (x43121@3)                 Dm (xx0231@1)            Cm (x3101x@1)        F (133211@1)he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.


         Bb (x1333x@1)        Bb/A  GmAnd (355333@1)even though she moved away,
    F (133211@1)       Eb (x43121@3)            Fwe (133211@1)always get calls from our daughter.
        Eb (x43121@3)               DmShe (xx0231@1)has eyes just like her father's
         Cm (x3101x@1)                Fthey (133211@1)are blue when skies are grey
              Bb (x1333x@1)      Bb/A   Gm (355333@1) FAnd (133211@1)just like him, she never stops,
       Eb (x43121@3)              FNever (133211@1)takes the day for granted,
Eb (x43121@3)                         Dmworks (xx0231@1)for everything that's handed to her,
Cm (x3101x@1)           FNever (133211@1)once complains.


Eb (x43121@3)               F (133211@1)    BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
You think that I nearly lost you
          Eb (x43121@3)             F (133211@1)       BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
When the doctors tried to take you away.
              Eb (x43121@3)             F (133211@1)              BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
        Eb (x43121@3)     Fthirty (133211@1)years ago 
	 Bbto (x1333x@1)this day
Eb (x43121@3)                             F (133211@1)   
You swore you'd be here 'til we decide that it's our time
               Bb (x1333x@1)               Bb/A           GmWell (355333@1)it's not time, you've never quit in all your life.
         Eb (x43121@3)                       F (133211@1)                    BbBb/A (x1333x@1)GmSo (355333@1)just take my hand, you know that I'll never leave your side.
            Eb (x43121@3)                          F (133211@1)                    BbBb/A (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_133211@1">F BbBb/A (x1333x@1)BbYou're (x1333x@1)the love of my life, you know that I'll never leave your side.

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          Bb (x1333x@1)      Bb/A Gm (355333@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
You come home from work
         Eb (x43121@3)           Fand (133211@1)you kiss me on the eye
              Eb (x43121@3)              Dm (xx0231@1)            Cm (x3101x@1)              FYou (133211@1)curse the dog you say that I should never feed them what is ours
           Bb (x1333x@1)    Bb/A    Gm (355333@1)  Fand (133211@1)so we move all to the garden
        Eb (x43121@3)              Flook (133211@1)at everything we've owned
        Eb (x43121@3)            Dmnow (xx0231@1)the kids are coming home
   Cm (x3101x@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb Fso (133211@1)I set the table
                  BbYou (x1333x@1)can make the fire.



by: Allan Lauzid
allan_lauzid@hotmail.com