Tom: C
C C7
I can see the kitchen light
F F
From the road where I park my bike
C C G7 G7
But it's dark there as it often is these days
C C7
And the gloomy living room
F F
Really needs a dust and broom
C G7 C
But I can't brush your memory away
[One bar of G7 after verses 1 & 3; one bar of C7 after verses 2 & 4]
Verse 2:
Her father was an admiral
In someone else's navy
And she had seen the world before I met her
She would wash and cook and clean
And all the other things between
And like a fool I just sat there and let her
Chorus 1:
F F
Now I can feed and dress and wash myself
C F
And sleep without the light on
C C G7 G7
Honey, I'm a big boy now
C C7
I don't know what she does
F F
With all the money that I send her
C G7 C
She's running 'round the town with the young pretender
Verse 3:
I haven't touched the garden
Since the day she walked away
From a love affair that bore only bitter fruit
She took everything she wanted
Which is why she left me here
With these pots and pans and my old wedding suit
Verse 4:
A letter came one morning
That she would not let me see
And from that day I began to realize
That she would one day break
The home we tried to make
For sinners cannot live in paradise
Chorus 2:
Now I can feed and dress and wash myself
And sleep without the light on
Honey, I'm a big boy now
I don't know what she does
With all the money that I send her
She's running 'round the town with the young pretender
[one bar of G7]
C C7
I don't know what she does
F F
With all the money that I send her
C G7 F C
She's running 'round the town with the young pre-tender
