D5 D5 D5 G5 It was an early morn-in bar-room? and the place just opened up E5 E5 E5 (open) A5 And a little man, come in so fast? and he started at his cups D5 D5 D5 G5 And the broad who served the whiskey, She was a big old friendly girl E5 E5 E5 (open) A5 And she tried to fight her empty nights by? smilin? at the world G5 A5 F#5 B5 And she said ?Hey Bub, it?s been awhile, since you?ve been around E5 A5 G5 D5 Where the hell you been hidin?? and why you look so down?? G5 A5 G5 A5 D5 But the little man, just sat there like he?d never heard a sound C5 G5 Bb5 F5 E5 The waitress she give out a cough, and act-tin? not the least put off she spoke A5 D5 G5 E5 E5 once again? she said ?I don?t want to bother you? consider it?s understood; A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 D5 I know I?m not no beauty queen, but I s-u-r-e can listen good G5 A5 E5 D5 And the little man took his drink in his hand and he raised it to his lips G5 D5 E5 A5 D5 He took a couple of sips, and then he t-o-l-d the waitress this story D5 A5 C5 G5 D5 I am the midnight watchman down at Miller?s Tool and Die G5 F#5 B5 C5 And I watch, the metal rustin? and I watch, the time go by A5 G5 F#5 B5 barre A week ago at the diner, I stopped to get a bite E5 A5 G5 E5 A5 D5 And this here lovely lady, she sat two seats from my right G5 G5 E5 A5 G5 G#5 A5 D5 And Lord, Lord, Lord? she was all right D5 A5 C5 G5 D5 Ah she was so damn beautiful, that she?d warm a winter?s frost G5 F#5 B5 C5 But she was long past lonely, and well nigh on to lost A5 G5 F#5 B5 barre Now I?m not much of a mover or a pick-em-up easy guy E5 A5 G5 E5 A5 D5 But I decided to glide on over, and give her one good try G5 G5 E5 A5 G5 G#5 A5 D5 And Lord, Lord, Lord? she was worth the try D5 A5 C5 G5 D5 Tongue-tied like a schoolboy, I stammered out some words G5 F#5 B5 C5 But it did not really matter much, ?cause I don?t think she heard A5 G5 F#5 B5 barre She just looked clear on through me, to a space back in my head E5 A5 G5 E5 A5 D5 And it shamed me into silence, as quietly she said D5 G5 E5 E5 ?If you want me to come with you, then that?s all right with me A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 D5 ?Cause I know I?m goin? nowhere, and anywhere?s a better place to be? A5 E5 A5 D5 Anywhere?s a better place to be D5 D5 D5 G5 I drove her up to my boardin? house, and I took her up to my room E5 E5 E5 (open) A5 And I went to turn on the only light? to brighten up the gloom D5 G5 But she said, ?Please leave the light off? oh? I don?t mind the dark,? F5 A5 A5 And as her clothes all tumbled ?round her? I could hear my heart A5 A5 A5 A5 D5 A5 C5 G5 D5 The moonlight shone up upon her, as she lay back in my bed G5 F#5 B5 C5 It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head A5 G5 F#5 B5 barre I just could not believe it, to think that she was real E5 A5 G5 E5 A5 D5 And as I tried to tell her, she said, ?Sshh, I know just how you feel D5 G5 E5 E5 And if you want to co me here with me, then that?s all right with me A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 D5 ?cause I?ve been oh, so lonely; lovin? someone is, a better way to be A5 E5 A5 D5 Anywhere?s a better place to be? D5 A5 C5 G5 D5 The mornin? come so swiftly, but I held her in my arms G5 F#5 B5 C5 But she slept like a baby? snug and safe from harm A5 G5 F#5 B5 barre I did not want to share her, with the world or break the mood E5 A5 G5 D5 So before she woke I went out? and brought us both some food D5 G5 I came back with my paper bag? to find that she was gone F5 G5 D5 She left a six word letter? sayin? ?It?s time that I moved on? D5 D5 D5 G5 The waitress took her bar-rag? and she wiped it across her eyes E5 E5 E5 (open) A5 And as she spoke her voice came out? as something like a sigh D5 D5 D5 G5 She said that ?I wish that I was beautiful, or that you were half-way blind E5 E5 E5 (open) A5 And I wish? I weren?t so don-gon fat, I wish that you were mine G5 A5 F#5 B5 barre And I wish? that you?d come with me when I leave for home E5 A5 G5 E5 D5 For we both know all ?bout loneliness? and livin? all alone? E5 F#5 And the little man? looked at the empty glass in his hand E5 D5 E5 D5 and he smiled a crooked grin? he said; ?I guess I?m out of gin, E5 D5 G5 E5 A5 And I know? we both have been? s-o l-o-n-e-l-y A5 D5 G5 E5 And if you want me? to come with you, then that?s all right with me A5 E5 ?cause I know I?m goin? nowhere? A5 E5 A5 D5 and anywhere?s? a better? place? t-o b-e? D5 G5 D5
