Chords for Charles Bryant The Nursing Home 03 31 17

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_ _ _ [C] She opens up her eyes and [Eb] she stares up from her bed,
[Bb] Disappointed that the Lord hasn't [Cm] taken her home yet.
So dream of days gone by and she'll long for days to come,
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She'll be with those she's lost, [G] she'll be with those she's [Cm] loved.
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Travels will say good morning, [Eb] how are you Miss Jones?
[Bb] With loving eyes she'll say I'm [Cm] fine, though she'd rather be alone.
They'll say here's your cup of [Eb] coffee and here's your oatmeal,
[Bb] A doctor will be in [Cm] sometime today to ask you how you feel.
[G] She'll _ [Eb] _ _ _
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slide down to her wheelchair [Eb] and she'll make it to the hall,
[Bb] For Stanley will be there sitting [Cm] just to talk him to the wall.
She'll ask Beatrice and Emily [Eb] and Thomas from the [Bb] ward,
She'll try not to make eye [Cm] contact if she hurries down the hall.
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For Beatrice is a crier, [Eb] Emily has [Bb] Alzheimer's,
And Thomas will go on for hours [Cm] about stalling it.
She'll make it to the nurse's [Eb] desk and he'll hand her her six pills,
[Bb] She'll swallow them for if [Cm] she don't they'll make sure she will.
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And she'll turn around her wheelchair [Eb] and she'll hit with the TV,
[Bb] For Leonard will fill her in the [C] day on all the murders [Cm] around.
And she'll search for Gail and Peggy, [Eb] the only friend she's made,
[Bb] She'll remember Gail's in hospice now and [C] Peggy's long [Cm] past black.
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_ _ She'll head back to her room [Eb] and she'll try to be alone,
[Bb] She'll cast her cares and she'll [C] say her prayers to the wall and to the [Cm] Lord.
Thomas will be back [Eb] shortly, take her to their [Bb] place,
She'll dry her eyes and she'll [Cm] fake a smile and steal a wish. _ _ _ _
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she'll wake up in the morning and she'll [Eb] stare out from her bed,
_ _ [Bb] Disappointed that the Lord [C] hasn't taken her home [Cm] yet.
And she'll dream of [D] days gone by and [Eb] she'll long for days to come, _
[Bb] She'll be with those she's lost, _
[C] She'll be with those she's [Cm] loved.
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