Audrey E5 B5 Audrey was a girl that sat in my classroom C#5 A5 she never said a word she just sat there so furtively E5 B5 I never noticed her until I heard the radio C#5 A5 telling about the way she took her life E5 B5 today it's all upon the covers of the papers C#5 A5 about her folks at home I guess her daddy is a drinker E5 B5 her mummy left her when she was just a tiny child C#5 A5 B5 tell my Audrey was that the first time you felt abandonment E5 B5 Hold on baby don't be sorry C#5 A5 cause every day has it's up's and downs E5 B5 Hold on baby they'll be sunshine C#5 A5 every life has it's stormy nights Come to think about it there are some things I can recall about her arms they had blue spots on them I remember then thinking these thoughts to myself Is it wrong to wonder about somebody else's problems I'm not burdened with at all Hold on baby don't be sorry cause every day has it's up's and downs Hold on baby they'll be sunshine every life has it's stormy nights E5 C#5 Oh there there she lays down in the button of the river E5 C#5 tell me what crime did it take that tore this girls only willingnes B5 A5 but I will pray that someday she'll rise again Well if you're up their I hope you can see my sorrow and the pain of guilt I never asked you how you were But one thing I can assure you after wittnessing what has been done I will open my heart to the new girl that sits next door D5 A5 Hold on baby don't be sorry B5 G5 cause every day has it's up's and downs D5 A5 Hold on baby they'll be sunshine B5 G5 every life has it's stormy nights Hold on baby don't be sorry cause every day has it's up's and downs Hold on baby they'll be sunshine in your life Audrey Audrey Audrey Audrey
