Chords for Tea and Sympathy · Janis Ian

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I _ don't want [Bbm] to ride _ _ [Eb] the milk train [Ab] anymore _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] I'll go to bed [Bbm] at nine _ [C] and wake in with [Fm] the
dawn _ [F] _
[Fm] And lunch at half past [Ab] _
noon, _ _ [Eb] _ dinner _ [Fm] prompt at
_ five _ [Ab] The comfort [Gm] _ [Fm] of a few [Fm] old friends [Db] long past
their prime _ _ _ Pass [Bbm] _
the tea [Bb] in sympathy for the good old
days long gone _ _ _ [Db] We'll drink a toast to [Ab] _ those who most [Fm] believe
in what [Cm] they've won _ It's [Bbm] a long, long time [Bb] till morning, _ [F] a place
wasted on [Bb] the dawn _ _ _ [Ab] _
I'll not [Eb] write _ [Fm] _ _
another _ [Db] _ line _ _ _
_ [Eb] My _ true [Ab] love is gone _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] When the guests have [Bbm] done, _ _ _ [Eb] I'll tidy up [Ab] the
rooms [Gm] _ _
_ [Fm] I'll turn the [Bbm] covers down _ [C] and gazing at [Fm] the
moon _ _ [Db] I'll pray to go [Ab] quite _ mad _
[Eb] and living _ [Fm] long
ago _ _ _ [Ab] When you [Gm] and I [Fm] were one so [Db] very long _ ago _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] Pass the tea [Bb]
in sympathy [Bb] for the good old days long gone
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Let's drink a toast [Ab] to those who most [Fm] believe in what [Cm] they've won
_ [Bbm] It's a long, long time [Bb] till morning, a _ place wasted on the dawn
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] I'll not write [Fm] _ _ [Db] another _ line _ _ _ _ [Eb] For my _ true love is [Ab] gone _ _
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_ _ [Ab] When I [Bbm] have no _ _ dreams [Eb] to give you [Ab] anymore _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] I'll light a [Bbm] blazing fire _ [C] and wait within
[F] the door _ [Db] Then throw my _ [Ab] life away, I wonder [Fm] why they
all will [Cm] say _ _ _ _
[Bbm] Now _ I lay me down to sleep [Eb] forever _ _ [Ab] and a _ _ day _
[Bbm] Pass the tea [Bb] in sympathy _ for the good old days dead
_ _ _ [Db] Let's drink a toast to [Ab] _ those [Eb] who best [Fm] survive the life [Cm] they've led
_ _ [Bbm] It's a long, long time [Bb] till morning, _ _ so build your fires high _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Now [Eb] I lay [Fm] me down to [Db] _ _ sleep _ _ _ _ [Eb] forever _ _ _ by your [Ab] _ side
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