Love Wore A Halo Back Before The War chords by Emmylou Harris

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: E

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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She owned a hotel on the Jersey shore
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She made her living sending sailors door to door
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He was the small one with a crooked smile
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Oh, he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the fourth of July

Verse 2:
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She ran the numbers they say she ran 'em clean
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Those porcelain hands could keep a ledger even in her sleep
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While he worked the Seabees in the Philippines
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They say she made more money than you or I will ever see


Chorus:
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Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore
            B                     E
If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four
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Cause love wore a halo back before the war
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When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for


Fiddle & Accordion Solo:
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Verse 3:
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It was in the winter when he came back home
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He had to hold those porcelain hands just to keep her warm
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So, they had a daughter they named her Stephanie Anne
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Hey, they sent her off to Vassar to find herself a family man


Verse 4:
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Now, she sold the hotel it belongs to me
       B                      E
I watch those sailors come and go like the waves in the seas
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I've hung their portraits up in the honeyoon suite
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I hear they're fishin' their lives away in the Florida Keys


Chorus:
E             A   E
Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore
            B                     E
If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four
               A    E
Cause love wore a halo back before the war
     B                          E
When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for
             A   E
Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore
            B                     E
If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four
               A    E
Cause love wore a halo back before the war
     B                          E
When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for


Outro:
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When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for
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When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for