Fret 1 or 2 (Chapin plays it in D) Intro: C5 E5 A5 F5 G5 G5 C5 E5 A5 At first I did not think it could be you F5 G5 G5 But you're the only one that got off the train E5 E5 A5 A5 So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey, yes, yes F5 G5 G5 I must be your husband. Yes, I'm Harry Crane C5 E5 F5 C5 Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin' E5 F5 G5 G5 Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life C5 E5 F5 C5 Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin' F5 C5 To tell you that I'm glad you're here F5 G5 You who are the woman F5 G5 C5 Who's come to be my wife C5 E5 A5 You know you're not as pretty as I dreamed you'd be F5 G5 G5 But then I'm not no handsome fancy Dan E5 E5 A5 A5 And out here looks are really not important, no, no F5 G5 G5 It's what's inside a woman when she's up against the land C5 E5 F5 C5 Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin' E5 F5 G5 G5 Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life C5 E5 F5 C5 Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin' F5 C5 To tell you that I'm glad you're here F5 G5 You who are the woman F5 G5 C5 E5 A5 Who's come to be my wife A5 Bb5 You know it's not no easy life you're entering A5 Bb5 The winter wind comes whistlin' through the cracks there in the sod A5 F5 You know you'll never have too many neighbours A5 D5 G5 G5 There's you babe, and there's me, and there's God C5 E5 A5 You know I'm just a dirt man from the North Dakota plains F5 G5 You're one girl from the city who's been thrown out on her own E5 E5 A5 A5 And I'm standing here not sure of what to say to you F5 G5 G5 'Ceptin' mail order Annie, let's you and me go home C5 E5 F5 C5 Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin' E5 F5 G5 G5 Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life C5 E5 F5 C5 Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin' F5 C5 To tell you that I'm glad you're here F5 G5 You who are the woman F5 G5 C5 Who's come to be my wife C5 E5 A5 F5 G5 G5
