Abbey Lincoln

Daytime Friends

Abbey Lincoln


Tom: G

Intro: G  C  G  C 

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And he'll tell her    he's working late again    
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But she knows too well there's something goin' on
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She's been neglected      and she needs a friend 
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So a tremblin finger dials the telephone   
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Lord it hurts her  doing this again
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He's the best friend that her husband ever knew       when she's lonely 
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He's more then just a friend  He's the one she longs to give her body to
Chorus
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Daytime friends and night time lovers hoping no one else discovers where they go
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What they do in their secret hide away
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Daytime friends and night time lovers they don't want to  hurt the others
     G         Em           D          D7    G                     (G C G C
So they love in the night time and shake hands in the light of day  
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When it's over   there's no peace of mind
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Just a longing for the way things should have been
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And she's wondering     why some men never find
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That a woman needs a lover and a friend
      G       Em       C         Em         C           G
Daytime friends and night time lovers hoping no one else discovers where they go
      Em        Am         D    D7
What they do in their secret hide away
      G       Em       C           Em             C
Daytime friends and night time lovers they don't want to  hurt the others
     G         Em           D          D7    G
So they love in the night time and shake hands in the light of day  
      G       Em       C         Em         C           G
Daytime friends and night time lovers hoping no one else discovers where they go
      Em        Am         D    D7
What they do in their secret hide away
      G       Em       C           Em             C
Daytime friends and night time lovers they don't want to  hurt the others
     G         Em           D          D7    G
So they love in the night time and shake hands in the light of day