The intro heard is a simple pick played off an Am. There is a second guitar playing a G-chord pic. The best way to play the intro with one guitar is to strum an A-m and hammer on the pointer finger then pull off the pointer when switching to G. CAPO 3RD G G C I work down at Ashbury Hills, Minimum wage but it pays the bills cleaning G G G floors, and leading hyms on sunday. Katherine Davis room 303, the sweetest Em D C soul you ever could meet. I bring her morning coffee everyday. C G C She calls me Raymond. She thinks I'm her son, tells me get washed up for D C supper for your daddy gets home. She goes on about the weather and how she Em D Am C can't believe it's already 1943. She calls me Raymond, and that's alright by Am me G G She talks about clothes on the line the summer air, Christmas morning and C G Thanksgiving prayer and stories of the family that I never had. Well Em D C sometimes I find myself wishing I'd been there C G When she call's me Raymond....... and it's alright by me Em C F There's a small white cross in Arlington, reads Raymond Davis '71. Until she C can see his face again, I'm gonna fill in the best I can C C#m G When she calls me Raymond.....and that's alright by me. She call's me C Am Raymond, and that's alright by me. Strum through and song ends on G. It's a beautiful song. Hope you enjoy it.
