Tuning: EADGBE



Intro:



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Figure A:

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Figure B:

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Am                         G

As I sat sadly by her side

F                            G

At the window through the glass

Am                             G

She stroked a kitten in her lap

       F                             G 

And we watched the world as it fell past

Am                              G

Softly she spoke these words to me

F                               G

And with brand new eyes, open wide

Am                            G

We pressed our faces to the glass

F              G         Am (Fig A)  

As I sat sadly by her side.



Am                                       G

She said, 'Father, mother, sister, brother,

F                      G

Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece,

Am                                 G

Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer,

F                               G 

Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest,

Am                             G

Earth and moon and sun and stars

F                               G

Planets and comets with tails blazing

Am                           G

All are there forever falling

F              G     Am (Fig A)

Falling lovely and amazing.'



Am                            G

Then she smiled and turned to me

F                     G

And waited for me to reply

Am                                G

Her hair was falling down her shoulders

F              G        Am (Fig A)

As I sat sadly by her side.



Am                        G

As I sat sadly by her side

F                          F

The kitten she did gently pass

Am                            G

Over to me and again we pressed

    F                        G

Our different faces to the glass

Am                             G

'That may be very well,' I said

     F                                 G

'But watch that one falling in the street

Am                               G

See him gesture to his neighbourS

F                               G

See him trampled beneath their feet

Am                                 G

All outward motion connects to nothing

F                                           G

For each is concerned with their immediate need

Am                                     G

Witness the man reaching up from the gutter

F                                      G        Am (Fig A)

See the other one stumbling on who he can not see.



Am                                    G

With trembling hand I turned toward her

F                                G

And pushed the hair out of her eyes

Am                             G

The kitten jumped back to her lap

F              G         Am (Fig A)

As I sat sadly by her side.



Am                           G

Then she drew the curtains down

F                               G

And said, 'When will you ever learn

Am                                    G

That what happens there beyond the glass

F                          G

Is simply none of your concern?

Am                           G

God has given you but one heart

F                                           G                        

You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers

Am                                      G

And God does not care for your benevolence

F                                            G

Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others

Am                                G

Nor does he care for those who sit

F                                          G

At windows in judgement of the world He created

Am                              G

While sorrows pile up around him

F                 F          Am (Fig A)

Ugly, useless and over-inflated.



Am                             G

At which she turned her head away

F                             G

Great tears leaping from her eyes

Am                                  G

I could not wipe the smile from my face

F         G            Am (Fig B)        

As I sat sadly by her side.







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