Intro -x2-: C0 C1 Am2 G3 F4 G5 C6 C7 C8 0 C9 C10 Am11 1Slow down, G12 F13 G14 2we've got time left to be lazy C15 C16 Am17 G18 F19 G20 3All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes. C21 C22 Am23 G24 F25 G26 4We've got fifty good years left to spend out in the garden F27 Em28 5I don't care to beg your pardon, Dm29 G30 6We should live C31 C32 Am33 G34 F35 G36 C37 C38 C39 7until we die. 8 9 C40 C41 Am42 Em43 F44 G45 10We were barely eighteen when we'd crossed collective hearts. F46 Em47 Dm48 G49 11It was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye. C50 C51 Am52 12and then you turned, put out your hand, G53 F54 G55 13and you asked me to dance. F56 Em57 Dm58 G59 14I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight. 15 16 F60 G61 C62 C63 Am64 G65 17I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose. F66 G67 C68 C69 Am70 G71 18I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely. F72 G73 19Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields C74 C75 Am76 20I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time. F77 G78 C79 C80 21So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side. 22 23 Am81 G82 F83 G84 C85 C86 C87 C88 C89 Am90 G91 F92 G93 C94 C95 C96 24 25 C97 C98 Am99 Em100 F101 G102 26It was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over. F103 Em104 Dm105 G106 27So we moved to Arizona to save our only son C107 C108 Am109 G110 28and now he's turning to a man, F111 G112 29although he thinks just like his mother, F113 Em114 Dm115 G116 30he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone. 31 32 C117 C118 Am119 33And even though she moved away, G120 F121 G122 34we always get calls from our daughter. F123 Em124 35She has eyes just like her father's Dm125 G126 36they are blue when skies are grey C127 C128 Am129 G130 37And just like him, she never stops, F131 G132 38Never takes the day for granted, F133 Em134 39works for everything that's handed to her, Dm135 G136 40Never once complains. 41 42 F137 G138 C139 C140 Am141 G142 43You think that I nearly lost you F143 G144 C145 C146 Am147 G148 44When the doctors tried to take you away. F149 G150 C151 C152 Am153 G154 45But like the night you took my hand beside the fire F155 G156 46thirty years ago C157 47to this day F158 G159 48You swore you'd be here 'til we decide that it's our time C160 C161 Am162 49Well it's not time, you've never quit in all your life. F163 G164 C165 C166 Am167 50So just take my hand, you know that I'll never leave your side. F168 G169 C170 C171 51You're the love of my life, you know that I'll never leave your side. 52 Am172 G173 F174 G175 C176 C177 C178 53 54Interlude: C179 C180 Am181 G182 F183 G184 C185 C186 C187 C188 C189 Am190 G191 F192 G193 C194 C195 C196 C197 C198 Am199 G200 F201 G202 C203 C204 C205 F206 Em207 Dm208 Em209 F210 G211 F212 Em213 Dm214 G215 55 C216 C217 Am218 G219 56You come home from work F220 G221 57and you kiss me on the eye F222 Em223 Dm224 G225 58You curse the dog you say that I should never feed them what is ours C226 C227 Am228 G229 59and so we move all to the garden F230 G231 60look at everything we've owned F232 Em233 61now the kids are coming home Dm234 Em235 F236 G237 62so I set the table C238 63You can make the fire.