Chords for Michael Martin Murphey - What's Forever For

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After 60 years, we just had a big anniversary celebration every year.
Dad said, _ that might [F] be the best way to handle it from that point [Fm] on.
_ Two years later, Dad [Bb] died.
_ [N] His last words _ on his deathbed were, as he looked right into my mother's eyes, he just
simply said, I [Ab] love you.
_ And then we all sang [Bb] my dad's favorite song with my mom singing [Eb] harmony, _ sang a [Ab] Red River Valley tune.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ So I never [Ab] sing this song without [Eb] thinking about them or mentioning them.
_ _ [Ab] _ Because without my dad being my business manager, _ _ and my mom, so many questions I was far away
from my family, I was a little confused, _ _ _ _ _ uncertain, afraid, I'm the old bastard. _ _ _ _
_ _ No, I wouldn't be here.
They totally supported me in everything that I did.
_ _ [Eb] I can be dubious about it because [Ab] they were Southern Baptists and they were very suspicious
[Ebm] of the entertainment [Ab] business. _ _
[E] And rightly [Ab] so.
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_ All [Bbm] these lovers [Cm] keep hurting [Db] each other.
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Good love is so hard to [Eb] come by. _ _ _ _ _
_ So [Fm] what's the _ glory in [Bbm] living?
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_ [Ab] Doesn't anybody _ [Fm] ever stay _ [Bbm] together _ anymore?
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_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] And if [Bbm] love never, [Ab] ever lasts _ [Db]
forever, _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ what's [Ebm] _ forever [Ab] _ for? _ _
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_ [Cm] Dicey love hungry [F] people _
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_ [Cm] trying their best to survive.
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Right there in their [Cm] hands, _ [Dm] there's a dying _ [Eb] romance. _
They're [F] not even trying to keep it _ alive.
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_ [Bb] _ So what's [Gm] the glory [Cm] in _ living? _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] Doesn't _ anybody [Gm] ever stay [Cm] _ _ together _ anymore?
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ And if [Cm] love never, [Dm] ever _ lasts [Eb] forever, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] what's forever [Bb] for? _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ So what's [Am] the glory, _ glory [Am] in living?
[G] _ _ _ [C] Doesn't _ anybody [Am] ever stay _ [Dm] together [A] anymore?
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And if love never, [C] ever lasts [F] forever, _ _ _ [C] _
_ what's [G] _ forever _ [C]
for?
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] T.L. Murphy and Lois [C] Murphy.
That's what forever's called.
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