Parents
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Chris Difford - Parents
(Difford)
From the 2003 studio album, I Didn't Get Where I Am
[Intro]
D /// D /// A /// A7 /// x2
[Verse 1]
D
They danced together
On vinyl and on stone
That secret moment
D
That held them both together
That was their life exciting without vogue
G A D
Dancing like babies on two elastic bands in the night
D /// D /// A /// A7 ///
[Chorus]
D
Oh how they danced
Oh how they cried
A A7
They got so many dreams
[Verse 2]
D
The record player
Span underneath the lampshade
The Mantovani
D
Trickled through the amp
Those velvet shoulders
Glided in thin air
A A7 D F Fmaj7
Smoking Bachelors drinking from the bottles on the shelf
F#m B// E7 /// E7 /// E7 ///
[Chorus]
D
Oh how they danced
Oh how they cried
A A7
They got so many dreams
D
Oh how they sent me to bed
Oh how they played with my games
A A7
They got so many dreams
[Verse 3]
D
They flew away like paper in the wind
Gm A D
Life is too short to mess around with anything in love
Gm A D
Life is too short to mess around with anything in love
D /// D /// A /// A7 /// x2
[Chorus]
D
Oh how they danced
Oh how they cried
A A7
They got so many dreams
D
Silence is ours
Each image that fades
A A7
Returns like a moon
D
My children look on
As I’m looking back
A A7
They see in my eyes
D
Oh how he dances
Oh he cries
A A7 D
He’s got so many dreams in his eyes
[Outro]
D /// D /// A /// A7 /// [x4]
D
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