Am C F D                                              D 

        Am                                       D 
My eyes adored you, though I never laid a hand on you 
         G 
My eyes adored you. 
 
Like a million miles away from me you could not see how I 
  Am 
adored you. 
              D             C 
So close, so close and yet so far. 
   G                     Bm             Dm 
Carried your books from school playing make believe you are  
              C                         C             F 
are married to me you were fifth grade, I was sixth. when we 
        D7 
came to be. 
  Em              Bm        Dm        G 
Walking home every day over Barnegat bridge and bay. 
         Am           C               F 
Till we grew into the me and you, who went our separate 
 D7 
days. 
  G              Bm                Dm 
Headed for city lights climbed the ladder up to fortune 
 C 
and fame. 
  Am                C             F            D7 
I worked my fingers to the bone, made myself a name. 
Em               Bm             Dm             G 
Funny, I seem to find that, no matter how the years 
 
unwind. 
      Am                    C                   F 
Still I reminisce about the girl I miss, and the love I 
      D7 
left behind.                                                                
Em               Bm             Dm             G
Funny I seem to find that, no matter how the years unwind.