• Song:

    To Her Door

  • Artist:

    Paul Kelly

  • Album:

    Live, May 1992 (disc 1)

Intro: G   D    C    G         G    D     C    G        
 
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They got married early            Never had no money 
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 Then when he got laid off      They really hit the skids 
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 He started up his drinking      then they started fighting 
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 He took it pretty badly      She took both the kids           She said 
 

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 I'm not standing by               To watch you slowly die           So watch me walking         
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 Out the door                   out the door                     out the door 
             C                                           D 
She said shove it Jack I'm walking out your fucking door 
  
 
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She went to her brothers, got a little bar work 
He went to the buttery, stayed about a year 
Then he wrote a letter, said I want to see you 
She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare 
He was riding through the cane, in the pouring rain 
On Olympic, to her door, to her door 
To her door, to her door 
  (And his heart was singing like a low down guitar...) 
 
 
 
SOLO: Verse (the last bit's not exact but it fits nicely) 
 
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He came in on a Sunday, every muscle aching 
Walking in slow motion, like he'd just been hit 
 
 
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G-(Start with string bent up 1 note from 14 to 15)r14-12 
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Did they have a future, would he know his children? 
Could he make a picture, and get them all to fit? 
He was shaking in his seat, riding through the street 
In a Silvertop, to her 
Shaking in his seat, riding through the street 
In a Silvertop, to her door 
 
SOLO: same as before
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