Leslie Is Different

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste Music and Lyrics by Fred Small [Intro] D A The neighbor up the road brought the message E A Joe and May never had a phone D F#m Five children grown and gone to college D E Now they lived out on Pewaukee Lake alone D A And the nurse at the big Milwaukee hospital E A Said "We've got a baby here with no eyes D F#m It's retarded, it's got cerebral palsy D E Six months old living only to die D A And we remembered the tiny Englishwoman C#m D E Used to hire out as a nurse-governess A C#m D E May Lemke, will you take this broken child off our hands?" D E A And God loves a fool 'cause she said yes, she said [Chorus] D A Leslie is different B7 E Like everyone in the world D A He's kind of awkward, he's kind of fragile F#m E Kind of graceful, kind of tough D A He's kind of slow, he's kind of clever E A He's just Leslie and that's enough [Verse 1] D A He just lay there helpless and silent E A Not a tear, not a smile, not a word D F#m But they held him and rocked him and sang him to sleep D E And talked to him as if he really heard D A And he grew with the sun and affection E A Though his body was spindly and small D F#m And a hundred times they stood him with his hands upon the fence D E And a hundred times watched him fall D A And their daughters warned it was useless C#m D E They said, "Mama, that boy will break your heart" A C#m D E She said, "Love never comes easy D E A And miracles mostly come hard," she said [Chorus] D A Leslie is different B7 E Like everyone in the world D A He's kind of awkward, he's kind of fragile F#m E Kind of graceful, kind of tough D A He's kind of slow, he's kind of clever E A He's just Leslie and that's enough [Verse 2] D A May used to play the piano E A And sing the old songs from the war D F#m There was always music on the radio D E And the records she bought at the store D A And sometimes they swore he was listening E A Though of course there was no way to know D F#m Maybe he was flying in his own blue sky D E Where no one else would ever go D A Maybe he was lost in a forest C#m D E Where demons and wood spirits dwell A C#m D E But for sixteen years he had never spoke a word D E A Never taken one step for himself, but they said [Chorus] D A Leslie is different B7 E Like everyone in the world D A He's kind of awkward, he's kind of fragile F#m E Kind of graceful, kind of tough D A He's kind of slow, he's kind of clever E A He's just Leslie and that's enough [Verse 3] D A Along about three in the morning E A A ripple of music broke the night D F#m Joe's fallen asleep at the TV again D E May reached over to turn on the light D A But the music kept getting louder E A And the TV was quiet and cold D F#m Leslie was playing the piano D E And his fingers were agile and bold D A A Tchaikovsky piano concerto C#m D E Like water breaking over a dam A C#m D E A river of ecstasy flowed through his hands D E A And each note cried out, "I am!" because [Chorus] D A Leslie is different B7 E Like everyone in the world D A He's kind of awkward, he's kind of fragile F#m E Kind of graceful, kind of tough D A He's kind of slow, he's kind of clever E A He's just Leslie and that's enough