Chorus.
Am C G Em
Harry Chapin you're a man that I admire,
Am C G Em
Your songs are filled with feelings that touch me with desire,
Am C G Em
But you don't know me, I guess you never will,
Am C G Em
An' you don't know me, an' ah'll tell you what is true,
Am C
You'll never get to meet me,
G Em Am
The way I never ever got to meet you!
Am C G Em
I'm a callin' you Harry to catch me if you can,
Am C G Em
Don't you have sympathy for a lost and lonely man?
Am C G Em
I've asked so many question's that only met the air,
Am C G Em
An' I never got no answers 'cause there wasn't any there.
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Am C G Em
Ah' wish to God you'd give me just a minute of your time,
Am C G Em
To help me lose this emptiness I'm wearin' like a sign,
Am C G Em
I know you ain't the one to blame, it's just my foolish pride,
Am C G Em
That keeps me hangin' back from love, that makes me cold inside.
REPEAT CHORUS.
Am C G Em
There ain't no easy answers to the problems of today,
Am C G Em
Took years for them to manifest, for them to be this way,
Am C G Em
Don't cry upon my shoulder, when things are goin' wrong,
Am C G Em
Just open up your innocence an' sing a happy song.
REPEAT CHORUS.
Am C G Em
When I wake up in the mornin' an' see the new sun rise,
Am C G Em
I'd like to see the sun-shine in my woman's eyes,
Am C G Em
An' I'd like to feel her close to me, her body next to mine,
Am C G Em
An' I'd like to make sweet love to her, until the end of time.
REPEAT CHORUS.
Am C G Em
But I am just a poor man with troubles and dispair,
Am C G Em
'Cause I ain't got anybody with love enough to share,
Am C G Em
Now don't tell me that I'm crazy, that I have lost my head,
Am C G Em
I'm the one whose hurt inside, I'm the one who's dead!
REPEAT CHORUS.
Am C G Em
From some staggered nightmare where the lonely have to run,
Am C G Em
I stumble on my merry way, into the mornin' sun,
Am C G Em
An' don't you try to stop me, It's got to be this way,
Am C G Em
I won't live tomorrow, if I can't live today!
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C F G
It was night it was lonely when I walked into her street,
C F G
She said, "Hello boy would you like the chance to meet?"
C F G
I've a million stories to sell you and a thousand dreams to weep,
C F G
For you're just another casualty in the war between the sheets.
C F G
Now my crying game is over and I've lost the pain inside,
C F G
And all because I came to dance with this lady of the night,
G Am C F G
And her name was Charity, giving faith and hope again to me,
G Am C
And her name was Charity,
F G C
Yes! love was just another name for she, sweet Charity!
C F G
Rainbows, Frogs and Sausage Men were games we liked to play,
C F G
But now they hide the memories of the girls who've gone astray.
C F G
Stacks of fading photographs love letters carved in sand,
C F G
Dreams they came so easily when this lady took my hand.
G Am C F G
And her name was Charity, giving faith and hope again to me,
G Am C
And her name was Charity,
F G C
Yes! love was just another name for she, sweet Charity!
C F G
Once upon a long dark night the world was at my feet,
C F G
Feeling like the King of Hearts with this lady oh so sweet.
C F G
But daybreak dawns too swiftly and reflected in her eyes,
C F G
I saw all the other men who listened to her lies.
C F G
Now I laugh and joke about the games we used to play,
C F G
And wallow in nostalgia for those days so far away.
G Am C F G
Those days of Charity, giving faith and hope again to me,
G Am C
Yes! her name was Charity,
F G C
And love was just another name for she, Sweet Charity!
F G C
Yes! love was just another name for she, sweet Charity!
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C G F G
Helen was a kiwi from a far distant land,
Em Am F G
An' she took the heart of this lonely old man,
C G F G
Blond hair, brown eyes, her skin was so fair,
Em Am F G
She was a beauty ever so rare.
C G F G
She was from Christchurch so far away,
Em Am F G
I knew she had to go, back there one day,
C G F G
But soft when she's gone, she'll leave something here,
Em Am F G
The mem-ory of all the time we were so near.
C G F G
Smile of an angel, the touch of a dove,
G Am F G
How fickle is romance, how fickle is love,
C G F G
But when you're gone this much is true,
Em Am F G
I will remember sweet moments with you.
C G F G
Now go and find happiness, go and find fun,
Em Am F G
Life ain't worth living when you're alone,
C G F G
Venus de Milo, Helen of Troy,
Em Am F G
You turned this lonely man, back to a boy.
C G F G
And having a 'Lager' will never be the same,
Em Am F G
'Cause I will be drinking 'New Zealand Champagne'!
Em Am F G C
Yes! I will be drinking N-ew Zea-land Cham-pagne!
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C F G Am
Loving her is all I need,
C F G C
'Cause I love my sweet Marie,
C F G Am
Seasons come and seasons go,
C F G C
But I know she's here with me.
CHORUS.
C F G Am
Smile for me my sweet Marie,
C F G C
Love me tender, love me please.
C F G Am
On the shelf of lost and found,
C F G C
'Til the day you brought me down,
C F G Am
I can't give you many things,
C F G C
Just my heart and a wedding ring,
C F G Am
If I had a pot of gold?
C F G C
I would give you all the world.
REPEAT CHORUS.
C F G Am
When passion sits alone at night,
C F G C
You comfort me and hold me tight,
C F G Am
I'm on fire my lips burn too,
C F G C
For the sweetest kiss of you,
C F G Am
Pour your sex onto the flame,
C F G C
Let me hear you call my name.
REPEAT CHORUS.
C F G Am
Eyes that sparkle eyes that shine,
C F G C
Glory to these eyes of mine,
C F G Am
I would die a happy man,
C F G C
If you would see me as I am,
C F G Am
Deep within my bosom breast,
C F G C
There lies safe my lover's chest,
C F G Am
It is packed with sweet regrets,
C F G C
Dreams of you and violets.
REPEAT CHORUS.
C F G Am
Yes! smile for me my sweet Marie,
C F G C
Love me tender, love me please,
C F G Am
Loving her is all I need,
C F G C
'Cause I love my sweet Marie...
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