Paul Kelly - To Her Door

[Intro]    G    D    C    G

[Verse 1]
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They got married early, never had no money,
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Then when he got laid off, they really hit the skids,
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He started up his drinking, then they started fighting,
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He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids,
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She said: "I'm not standing by, to watch you slowly die,
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So watch me walking,   out the door,"
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Out the door, out the door, out the door.

[Verse 2]
She went to her brother's, got a little bar work,
He went to the buttery, stayed about a year,
Then he wrote a letter, said I want to see you,
She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare,
He was riding through the cane, in the pouring rain,
On Olympic, to her door.

[Verse 3]
He came in on a Sunday, every muscle aching,
Walking in slow motion, like he'd just been hit,
Did they have a future? Would he know his children?
Could he make a picture and get them all to fit?
He was shaking in his seat, riding through the streets,
In a silvertop to her,

    [CODA]
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    to her, Shaking in his seat, Riding through the streets,
            C     D           G    D
    In a silvertop, to her door,
              C G               D
    to her door, to her door,
             C     G
    to her door.

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Repeat and fade.