A Wedding In Connecticut Chords by Ron Pope
Tempo:
70 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Gm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] [Cm] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gm] [Ab]
[Eb] There was a pretty [Gm] girl
[Cm] From some small [Ab] suburb of Dallas
[Eb] And she came [Gm] up to New York with [Ab] a dream
[Eb] In the confusion [Gm] and the noise [Cm] all of her beauty [Ab] and her poise
[Eb] Turned gray like [Ab] snow beside a [Eb] city street
She met a boy [Gm] named Stephen.
They [Cm] made love in [Ab] his apartment
[Eb] In a second [Gm] story walk up out [Ab] in Queens
[Eb] And the thing she hoped [Gm] to find
[Cm] Beneath him on that [Ab] August night
[Eb] Was the farthest thing [Ab] from her as she [Eb] dressed to leave
So [Ab] she hides [Eb] her eyes
[Ab] And says a slow [Eb] goodbye
[Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine
[Eb] At a wedding [Gm] in Connecticut
[Cm] the mother [Ab] of the bride
[Eb] Daydreams about [Gm] her husband who [Ab] just passed
[Eb] She stands to give her [Gm] toast
She [Cm] says the only thing [Ab] I know
[Eb] Is when you find a [Ab] love that's worth it make [Eb] it last
She chokes back [Gm] the tears
[Cm] Speaks of all her [Ab] daughter's years
[Eb] 30 Christmas's [Gm] of memories that [Ab] she keeps
[Eb] And the speech was sad [Gm] and sweet
She [Cm] kisses guests as [Ab] they all leave
[Eb] Then heads off to [Ab] her hotel room [Eb] to weep
So [Ab] she bides [Eb] her time
And says a slow goodbye
[Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine
Yes, she hides [Eb] her eyes
Though it's hard some nights
[Ab] She'll take her own [Eb] sweet time and [Ab] she'll be fine
[Eb]
[Gm] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Ab]
[Eb] Welder who [Gm] spent 20 years
[Cm] Working [Ab] in an auto plant [Eb] gets laid off [Gm] on a Thursday afternoon
[Ab] [Eb] And he grips the [Gm] 45
The [Cm] rest in the glove box [Ab] when he drives
[Eb] Then puts the gun [Ab] away and wonders [Eb] what to do
So he parks [Gm] in his driveway [Cm] and head [Ab] against the street
steering wheel
[Eb] Tries to [Gm] think of what to [Ab] tell his wife
[Eb] And in the kitchen he [Gm] explains
[Cm] And he swears they'll [Ab] be okay
She [Eb] says you're the [Ab] only thing I need [Eb] in this life
So [Ab] he bites [Eb] his time
And says a slow goodbye
[Ab] Swears by the morning
She'll be fine
Yes, he hides [Eb] his eyes
[Ab] And though it's hard [Eb] some nights
[Ab] He'll take his own sweet time and he'll be fine
[Eb] [Gm] [Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Eb] [Gm] [Ab]
[Eb] There was a pretty [Gm] girl
[Cm] From some small [Ab] suburb of Dallas
[Eb] And she came [Gm] up to New York with [Ab] a dream
[Eb] In the confusion [Gm] and the noise [Cm] all of her beauty [Ab] and her poise
[Eb] Turned gray like [Ab] snow beside a [Eb] city street
She met a boy [Gm] named Stephen.
They [Cm] made love in [Ab] his apartment
[Eb] In a second [Gm] story walk up out [Ab] in Queens
[Eb] And the thing she hoped [Gm] to find
[Cm] Beneath him on that [Ab] August night
[Eb] Was the farthest thing [Ab] from her as she [Eb] dressed to leave
So [Ab] she hides [Eb] her eyes
[Ab] And says a slow [Eb] goodbye
[Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine
[Eb] At a wedding [Gm] in Connecticut
[Cm] the mother [Ab] of the bride
[Eb] Daydreams about [Gm] her husband who [Ab] just passed
[Eb] She stands to give her [Gm] toast
She [Cm] says the only thing [Ab] I know
[Eb] Is when you find a [Ab] love that's worth it make [Eb] it last
She chokes back [Gm] the tears
[Cm] Speaks of all her [Ab] daughter's years
[Eb] 30 Christmas's [Gm] of memories that [Ab] she keeps
[Eb] And the speech was sad [Gm] and sweet
She [Cm] kisses guests as [Ab] they all leave
[Eb] Then heads off to [Ab] her hotel room [Eb] to weep
So [Ab] she bides [Eb] her time
And says a slow goodbye
[Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine
Yes, she hides [Eb] her eyes
Though it's hard some nights
[Ab] She'll take her own [Eb] sweet time and [Ab] she'll be fine
[Eb]
[Gm] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Ab]
[Eb] Welder who [Gm] spent 20 years
[Cm] Working [Ab] in an auto plant [Eb] gets laid off [Gm] on a Thursday afternoon
[Ab] [Eb] And he grips the [Gm] 45
The [Cm] rest in the glove box [Ab] when he drives
[Eb] Then puts the gun [Ab] away and wonders [Eb] what to do
So he parks [Gm] in his driveway [Cm] and head [Ab] against the street
steering wheel
[Eb] Tries to [Gm] think of what to [Ab] tell his wife
[Eb] And in the kitchen he [Gm] explains
[Cm] And he swears they'll [Ab] be okay
She [Eb] says you're the [Ab] only thing I need [Eb] in this life
So [Ab] he bites [Eb] his time
And says a slow goodbye
[Ab] Swears by the morning
She'll be fine
Yes, he hides [Eb] his eyes
[Ab] And though it's hard [Eb] some nights
[Ab] He'll take his own sweet time and he'll be fine
[Eb] [Gm] [Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Gm
Cm
Ab
Eb
Gm
Cm
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] There was a pretty [Gm] girl
[Cm] From some small [Ab] suburb of Dallas
[Eb] And she came [Gm] up to New York with [Ab] a dream _ _
[Eb] In the confusion [Gm] and the noise [Cm] all of her beauty [Ab] and her poise
[Eb] Turned gray like [Ab] snow beside a [Eb] city street _ _
She met a boy [Gm] named Stephen.
They [Cm] made love in [Ab] his apartment
[Eb] In a second [Gm] story walk up out [Ab] in Queens _ _
[Eb] And the thing she hoped [Gm] to find
[Cm] Beneath him on that [Ab] August night
[Eb] Was the farthest thing [Ab] from her as she [Eb] dressed to leave
So [Ab] she hides [Eb] her eyes
[Ab] And says a slow [Eb] goodbye
_ _ [Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine
_ [Eb] At a wedding [Gm] in Connecticut
[Cm] the mother [Ab] of the bride
[Eb] Daydreams about [Gm] her husband who [Ab] just passed
_ [Eb] She stands to give her [Gm] toast
She [Cm] says the only thing [Ab] I know
[Eb] Is when you find a [Ab] love that's worth it make [Eb] it last
_ _ She chokes back [Gm] the tears
[Cm] Speaks of all her [Ab] daughter's years
[Eb] 30 Christmas's [Gm] of memories that [Ab] she keeps
_ _ [Eb] And the speech was sad [Gm] and sweet
She [Cm] kisses guests as [Ab] they all leave
[Eb] Then heads off to [Ab] her hotel room [Eb] to weep
_ So [Ab] she bides [Eb] her time
_ And says a slow goodbye _ _
[Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine _
Yes, she hides [Eb] her eyes
Though it's hard some nights
_ [Ab] She'll take her own [Eb] sweet time and [Ab] she'll be fine
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Welder who [Gm] spent 20 years
[Cm] Working [Ab] in an auto plant [Eb] gets laid off [Gm] on a Thursday afternoon
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] And he grips the [Gm] 45
The [Cm] rest in the glove box [Ab] when he drives
[Eb] Then puts the gun [Ab] away and wonders [Eb] what to do
_ So he parks [Gm] in his driveway [Cm] and head [Ab] against the street
steering wheel
[Eb] Tries to [Gm] think of what to [Ab] tell his wife
_ _ [Eb] And in the kitchen he [Gm] explains
[Cm] And he swears they'll [Ab] be okay
She [Eb] says you're the [Ab] only thing I need [Eb] in this life
So [Ab] he bites [Eb] his time
_ And says a slow goodbye _ _
[Ab] Swears by the morning
_ She'll be fine
Yes, he hides [Eb] his eyes
[Ab] And though it's hard [Eb] some nights
_ [Ab] He'll take his own sweet time and he'll be fine
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] There was a pretty [Gm] girl
[Cm] From some small [Ab] suburb of Dallas
[Eb] And she came [Gm] up to New York with [Ab] a dream _ _
[Eb] In the confusion [Gm] and the noise [Cm] all of her beauty [Ab] and her poise
[Eb] Turned gray like [Ab] snow beside a [Eb] city street _ _
She met a boy [Gm] named Stephen.
They [Cm] made love in [Ab] his apartment
[Eb] In a second [Gm] story walk up out [Ab] in Queens _ _
[Eb] And the thing she hoped [Gm] to find
[Cm] Beneath him on that [Ab] August night
[Eb] Was the farthest thing [Ab] from her as she [Eb] dressed to leave
So [Ab] she hides [Eb] her eyes
[Ab] And says a slow [Eb] goodbye
_ _ [Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine
_ [Eb] At a wedding [Gm] in Connecticut
[Cm] the mother [Ab] of the bride
[Eb] Daydreams about [Gm] her husband who [Ab] just passed
_ [Eb] She stands to give her [Gm] toast
She [Cm] says the only thing [Ab] I know
[Eb] Is when you find a [Ab] love that's worth it make [Eb] it last
_ _ She chokes back [Gm] the tears
[Cm] Speaks of all her [Ab] daughter's years
[Eb] 30 Christmas's [Gm] of memories that [Ab] she keeps
_ _ [Eb] And the speech was sad [Gm] and sweet
She [Cm] kisses guests as [Ab] they all leave
[Eb] Then heads off to [Ab] her hotel room [Eb] to weep
_ So [Ab] she bides [Eb] her time
_ And says a slow goodbye _ _
[Ab] Swears by the morning light she'll be fine _
Yes, she hides [Eb] her eyes
Though it's hard some nights
_ [Ab] She'll take her own [Eb] sweet time and [Ab] she'll be fine
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Welder who [Gm] spent 20 years
[Cm] Working [Ab] in an auto plant [Eb] gets laid off [Gm] on a Thursday afternoon
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] And he grips the [Gm] 45
The [Cm] rest in the glove box [Ab] when he drives
[Eb] Then puts the gun [Ab] away and wonders [Eb] what to do
_ So he parks [Gm] in his driveway [Cm] and head [Ab] against the street
steering wheel
[Eb] Tries to [Gm] think of what to [Ab] tell his wife
_ _ [Eb] And in the kitchen he [Gm] explains
[Cm] And he swears they'll [Ab] be okay
She [Eb] says you're the [Ab] only thing I need [Eb] in this life
So [Ab] he bites [Eb] his time
_ And says a slow goodbye _ _
[Ab] Swears by the morning
_ She'll be fine
Yes, he hides [Eb] his eyes
[Ab] And though it's hard [Eb] some nights
_ [Ab] He'll take his own sweet time and he'll be fine
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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