Raymond Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I work down at Ashbury Hill
[G]Minimum wage, but it pays the bills
Clean[Am]in' floors and leadin'
hymns on [G]Sunday
[Am]Catherine Davis, room [G]3-0-3
Sweetest soul you ever could meet
I [Em]bring her morning cof
[Dsus4]fee every day[D]
[C]

[Verse 2]
She calls me Raymond
She thinks I'm her [G]son
Tells me get [C]washed up for supper
'Fore your [Dsus4]daddy gets home
[Em]She goes o[C]n about the weather
How she can[Em]'t believe it's
[D]already [A]1943
She calls [Em]me Raymo[C]nd
And that's alright [Am]by me
[G]

[Verse 3]
She talks about [Am]the clothes on
the line in summer air
[G]Christmas morning and
Thanksgiving prayer
And [Am]stories of a family,
that I never [G]had
Well some[Em]times I find [D]myself
[G]wishin' I'd [C]been there
When she calls [G]me Raymond

[Verse 4]
[C]
She thinks I'm [G]her son
Tells me get [C]washed up for supper
'Fore your [Dsus4]daddy gets home
[Em]She goes o[C]n about the weather
How she can[Em]'t believe it's
[D]already [A]1943
She calls me Ray[C]mond
And that's alright [G]by me

[Verse 5]
There's [Am]a small white
cross in Arlington
Reads [G]Raymond Davis, '71
Un[F]til she can see his face again
I'm [C]gonna fill in the best I can

[Verse 6]
[C]
When [G]she calls me [C]Raymond
She thinks I'm [G]her son
Tells me get [C]washed up for supper
'Fore your [Dsus4]daddy gets hom[D]e
She [Em]goes [C]on about the weather
How she can[Em]'t believe it's
[D]already [A]1943
She calls [C#dim]me Raymond[C]
And [F]that's alright by [G]me

[Verse 7]
She calls me Ray[Am]mond[C]
And that's [Am]alright by me

[Outro 1]
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