Alma chords by Emily Rose

♫ Intro:

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♫ Verse 1:
C                            Gm
Alma we've been married sixty years and still I live
        C                            C
For the sight of your smile, big and bright like a kid
           Gm           C           C            B
And to think it all began at a silly high school dance
               Gm           C             C
Like a portrait, I preserved it in my mind

♫ Verse 2:
C                          Gm
Alma, oh so steady, on the dock was supper time
    C                        C
You gathered our loose pages, sowed us up a spine
        Gm            C  C                B
And our family, it grew. time, as it does, flew
       Gm                        C
Do you remember, love me tender, love me true


♫ Verse 3:
C                          Gm
Alma, I Am stubborn and I Do things on my own
     C                 C
It's part of who I am, it's what I was shown
  Gm                C    C              B
I put these little notes all around the house
Gm               C               C                 B
This one is your toothbrush, and here is your nightgown
B   Gm                             C
    Won't you sit with me tonight, watch the sun Go down?


♫ Bridge:
C Gm C C
B C C Gm B C C


♫ Verse 4:
C                            Gm
Alma I've been hiding that my body's failing, too
C                            C
The children want to help, but that's not what we do
Gm              C             C               B
You don't recognize me but my life I promised you
            C           C
And I won't leave your side


♫ Outro:
C                       Gm
Alma I've been thinking we could slip away
C                              C
Leave our broken bodies on the bed where they lay
Gm           C            C              B
And we'll Go dancing once again under the stars
              C                C
That's when I first found your heart
                C              C
That's when you first stole my heart


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