A Year chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Verse 1:
  E              A   B   E
The only time I've seen you was about a year ago
                A   B     E
I was afraid to hold you but I wanted you to know
 B             A  B        A
I touched your tiny perfect hand before I went uptown
 E               A    B    E
I didn't pick you up because I'd have to put you down

Verse 2:
  E                   A    B     E
For reasons that don't make much sense and you won't understand
                      A    B      E
I've stayed away for your first year, it's sort of what I planned
  B             A  B            A
But I've been in your neighbourhood, sometimes just blocks away
 E            A    B     E
I didn't come to visit you because I couldn't stay

Bridge:
   F#m     A     B        E
There was a baby on a plane, maybe she was two
  F#m       A   B           E
And she was smiling at me I was not sure what to do
   B           A B             A
I've kept my distance from you a year's much more than a while
  E            A   B     E
And so I looked away from her too ashamed to smile

Verse 3:
   E                A     B    E
When I saw you last year, I knew that there was no mistake
               A        B    E
Amazing things can happen why just look what life can make
  B            A  B            A
But life can get so hard sometimes some feelings can't be tamed
  E         A   B      E
And people get so angry frightened and ashamed

Verse 4:
    E              A     B     E
You've been a sort of secret for a year I've told but few
                  A    B     E
Although I’m sure that where you are so many must love you
  B          A   B            A
And I've passed by your window but haven't dared look in
 E                 A   B     E