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verse 1 Am G Sheppard served in Pharaoh's Army Nineteen sixty-eight F G Am Came home with his body parts intact G Spent a year inside his room smoking cigarettes F G Am Never talked about it after that verse 2 G Shep and I got married on the day Nixon resigned F G Am Honeymooned down Mexicali way G Sometimes when he held me tight he'd look like he was blind F G Am Or staring at a graveyard far away C G And if he blew in through that doorway today Dm A G Like a long-forgotten echo of winter C G I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face F G Am Or tell him that he's late for dinner verse 3 G For thirteen years my love grew for this solitary man F G Am Who reacted strong when anyone would cross me G With hard looks, fisticuffs, if it came to that F G Am He did the little things that said he loved me verse 4 G And in the morning he would cook for me and drop me off to work F G Am Kiss me on the cheek to start my day G There was no warning the last time, he would not come no more F G Am There was no time to memorize his face C G And if he blew in through that doorway today Dm A G Like a long-forgotten echo of winter C G I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face F G Am Or tell him that he's late for dinner Verse 5 Am G Now I almost went to look for him, but couldn't find the nerve F G Am Something there did not sit right with me G I realize this battle is not what I deserved F G Am Chasing Israelites through parted seas C G And if he blew in through that doorway today Dm A G Like a long-forgotten echo of winter C G I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face F G Am Or tell him that he's late for dinner
C G And if he blew in through that doorway today Dm A G Like a long-forgotten echo of winter C G I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face F G Am Or tell him that he's late for dinner
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