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Intro : C/F - F - C/D - Dm - F/G - Gm7 - Bb/C - C - Bb/C

F
Candles burning, glasses are chilled
Bb(addC) Bb Bb(addC) F/A
And soon, she'll be by...
Gm Gm(maj7) Gm7 Bb/C
Hope and pray she'll say that she's willing
C/F F Eb/F
To give us another try...
Bb C/Bb
And if all these plans I made
Am7 Dm7
Don't melt the lady's heart,
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb/C
I'll put on the old forty-fives...
Chorus:
C/F F
Maybe the old songs,
C/D Dm7
Will bring back the old times,
Gm(addA) Gm(M7) Gm7
Maybe the old lines will sound new.
Gm(add A) Gm(M7) Eb C
Maybe she'll lay her head on my shoulder,
C/F F Cm7
Maybe old fee__lings will come true...
Eb/F BbM9
Maybe we'll start to cry,
C/Bb Am7 A7 Dm7
And wonder why...we ever walked away
Bbm6/Db C/F F
Maybe the old songs,
Bbm6
Will bring back the old times
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb - C/F - F - C/D - Dm7
And make her want to stay...
F/G - Gm7 - Bb/C - C - Bb/C - C
F
It's been too long since I've
Bb(addC)- Bb
Seen her face light up
Bb(addC) Bb F/A
When I come home.
Gm(addA) Gm(M7) Gm7 Bb/C
It's been too many hours I've wasted
C/F F Eb/F
Staring at the phone...
Bb(addC) C/Bb
Sweet old songs I'm counting on you to
Am7 Dm7
Bring her back to me...
Bb F/A Gm7 Bb/C
I'm tired of listening alone...
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
Bb/C BbM7 Am7
And make her want to stay
Dm7 AbM9 F#(addAb) E/F#
Want to stay
Bm9
Well maybe will start to cry
C#/B
And wonder why
Bbm7 Bb7 Ebm7
We ever walk away
Bm6 C#/F# F#
Maybe the old songs
Bm6 G#m7-5
Will bring back the old times
B/C# C#/F# F#
And make her want to stay??
C#/Eb - Ebm7 - G#m(addBb) - G#m(M7) - G#m7
G#m(addBb) - G#m(M7) - F#/E - C#
C#/F# - F# - C#/Eb - Ebm7
G#m(addBb) - G#m(M7) - G#m7
G#m(addBb) - G#m(M7) - F#/E - C# (Fade)

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