Capo 4!
D A Bm A
She's almost 40 now and if life's fair.
Gm D E A
It won't have touched her face or touched her golden hair.
D A Bm A
It won't have touched the way she used to speak my name
Gm D E A
like single rain drop doesn't really touch the window pane.
Bm D Gm D
She's probably 50 now, no doubt she's changed.
E A
The wear and tear and doubt that lives arrange.
D A Bm A
The wear and tear I know are there drives a girl insane.
Gm D E A
The doubt of reaching out for love and getting beat again.
Em A D
There's no easy way of saying it. No easy way it's done.
Em A D
The father you looked up to then, no longer loved your mum.
Em A D C# Bm
Call up social services, even call the cops.
G Gm D
No man's ever gone to jail when love for woman stops.
D A Bm A
She must be 60 now, well that route
Gm D E A
Down lane of pure disdain from young and cute.
Bm D Gm D
Rolling out red carpet promises and ringing wedding bells
E A
Gives a special kind of tinnitus to a girl who knows too well.
Em A D
There's no easy way of saying it. No easy way it's done.
Em A D
The father you looked up to then, no longer loved your mum.
Em A D C# Bm
Call up social services, even call the cops.
G Gm D
No man's ever gone to jail when love for woman stops.
D A Bm A
She's over 70 now. Way past her best.
Gm D E A
But the one who holds the key to love's treasure chest
Bm D Gm D
doubtless has a younger flame to keep him warm at night.
E A
While this old one just flickers in the distant hope he might.
Em A D
There's no easy way of saying it. No easy way it's done.
Em A D
The father you looked up to then, no longer loved your mum.
Em A D C# Bm
Call up social services, even call the cops.
G Gm D
No man's ever gone to jail when love for woman stops.
D A Bm A
She's in her 80s now she's close to death
Gm D E A
and the one thing that won't let her down is final breath.
Bm D Gm D
So much more reliable than the absent heart of man.
E A
Nothing quite as black and white as the checkered flag of end.
Em A D
There's no easy way of saying it. No easy way it's done.
Em A D
The father you looked up to then, no longer loved your mum.
Em A D C# Bm
Call up social services, even call the cops.
G Gm D
No man's ever gone to jail when love for woman stops.
