Verse :
D A/C#
We woke around 3 A.M
Bm A
Got up and we got dressed again
G F#m
I said, "I'd like to walk you home
Em
And stop for coffee"
A
And we set about
D A/C#
Collecting up your scattered things
Bm
Your coat, your hat
A
Your scarf and rings
G F#m Em
Two books, your sisters' necklace and the key
A D
That I'd had made for you
A/C#
Down at the hardware store
Bm A
As a gift, that I'd given you for
G F#m
No particular occasion
Em A
Nothing special, just a gesture
D A/C#
Of my feelings and we wound on down
Bm A
The creaking stairs were very loud
G F#m
And you dragged your outstretched fingers
Em A
Down the walls and all the windows
D A/C#
And I went first and held the door
Bm A
It was colder that night than the nights before
G F#m
That kind of cold that steals your breath
Em A
Before you expect it
D A/C#
And you took my gloveless hand in yours
Bm A
One pocket shared to keep both warm
G F#m
And with your other hand
Em A
You pinched your coat tight at the collar
D A/C#
And I thought it's too cold by far to snow
Bm A
The sidewalk wasn't salted though
G
And we slipped somewhere
F#m Em A
The ice took hold in intermittent patches
D A/C#
And so we made our careful way
Bm A
Across the park to twenty-eighth
G F#m
And into Rosa's Diner
Em A
Where they kept old coffee hot
D A/C#
And the sign in front said, "Seat Yourself"
Bm A
And so we went and sat ourselves
G F#m
And you chose the biggest booth
Em A
Because you said, "We are a party"
D A/C#
And a lonely light was flickering
Bm A
Something off in the wiring
G F#m
So it worked just like a broken thing
Em A
Trying hard not to be broken
D A/C#
And you said to me, "Remember this"
Bm A
And so still remember it
G F#m
And though you didn't say why
Em A
I believed you had a reason
D A/C#
And I'm thinking 'bout that now
Bm A
As I'm grinding up our coffee grounds
G F#m
In the bright kitchen of our house
Em A
As you, sleep in this morning,
