• Song:

    To Her Door

  • Artist:

    Paul Kelly

  • Album:

    Live, May 1992 (disc 1)

TO HER DOOR  (Paul Kelly)

Intro: |G     |D     |C     |G     |
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G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1)             GThey (320003@1)got married early,  never had no money,
(G)              D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)                    GThen (320003@1)when he got laid off,  they really hit the skids,
(G)               D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)                 GHe (320003@1)started up his drinking,  then they started fighting,
(G)               D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1)                  GHe (320003@1)took it pretty badly,  she took both the kids,
(G)        Em (022000@1)             D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)              DShe (xx0232@1)said: "I'm not standing by,  to watch you slowly die,
            C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)   DSo (xx0232@1)watch me walking,  out the door,
(D)     C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)Out the door,  out the door, 
CShe (x32010@1)said "Shove it, Jack, you don't do that to a fucking girl!"

G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)             GShe (320003@1)went to her brother's,  got a little bar work,
(G)            D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)                  GHe (320003@1)went to the buttery,  he stayed about a year,
(G)             D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)                 GThen (320003@1)he wrote a letter,  he said I want to see you,
(G)                    D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)                    GShe (320003@1)thought he sounded better,  she sent him up the fare,
(G)    Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)            DHe (xx0232@1)was riding through the cane, in the pouring rain,
(D)   C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)   DOn (xx0232@1)Olympic,  to her door.
(D)    C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)   GTo (320003@1)her door,  to her door,  to her door.

(G)
And his heart was singin' like a low-down guitar

Lead break:
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G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)             GHe (320003@1)came in on a Sunday,  every muscle aching,
(G)             D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)                    GWalking (320003@1)in slow motion,  like he'd just been hit,
(G)             D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)                  GDid (320003@1)they have a future?  Would he know his children?
(G)             D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)                   GCould (320003@1)he make a picture  and get them all to fit?
(G)    Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)                DHe (xx0232@1)was shaking in his seat, riding through the streets,
(D)   C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)
In a silvertop,  to her,
Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)                DShaking (xx0232@1)in his seat, riding through the streets,
(D)  C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)   DIn (xx0232@1)a silvertop,  to her door.
(D)    C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)    GTo (320003@1)her door,  to her door,  to her door.

Lead break (again), fade by 8th bar:
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:Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com

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