1855
by: Heather Maloney
www.heathermaloney.com
CAPO 1
INTRO E,A,B
VERSE 1
E A
He left seaside daisies on her porch
B E
everyday for weeks until she showed.
E A
There he was waiting with horse and carriage
B E
would marriage be further down the road?
E A
He took her hand, he took the reigns without a plan,
B E
they found out that they were moving toward the sea,
E A
the smell of the ocean was liquor, was potion,
B E
it filled them as they fell so carelessly.
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ladadadada
CHORUS
E D A E
Oh, thats my ma and pa on the wall smiling.
E D A E
And that's the only photo ever taken of them.
E D A E
There they are old, and though they are gray,
E D A E
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.
VERSE 2
E A
And nobody brought a camera
B E
on their wedding day
E A
and nobody captured the range of emotion
B A
and colors as the sun set on the bay.
E A
And they don't have proof or they're anxious youth,
B E
how they threw themselves together in giddy haste.
E A
They can only remember that day in September the
B E
jitters in the daisies and lace.
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ladadadada
CHORUS
E D A E
Oh, thats my ma and pa on the wall smiling.
E D A E
And that's the only photo ever taken of them.
E D A E
There they are old, and though they are gray,
E D A E
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.
VERSE 3
E A
In 1855 I was born into their lives,
B E
eyes as wide and blue as the Atlantic.
E A
I have a picture in my mind; a tiny dress out on the line,
B E
he called her momma and thought it was Romantic.
E A
storm came upon our silk I was crying inside the milk.
B E
She ran to me while he pulled down the laundry.
E A
And for all the rain and tears we would face and family years,
B
I've got a thousand happy pictures
A E B A
I've got a thousand happy pictures with me
A E B A
I've got a thousand happy pictures with me
A E B A
oh oh oh oh
CHORUS
E D A E
thats my ma and pa on the wall smiling.
E D A E
And that's the only photo ever taken of them.
E D A E
There they are old, and though they are gray,
E D A E
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.
E D A E
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.
