Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town — Piano Lead Sheet

"Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town" lead sheet with chords, melody, and lyrics. Play the melody while following chord symbols above. Perfect for sing-along or accompaniment. Key of D, 92 BPM.

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Lyrics

(D)I (G5)seem to (G)rec og nize your face. (D)Haunt (G5)ing, fam il iar, yet I can’t (G5)seem to (G)place it. (G5)Me, Can not you find would n’t re the call, can dle of thought for I’m to light not your (G)for name. mer. Life hard when times are (G)catch ing up with me. (G5)All these by (A7)chang es tak ing place, I (A7)wish I’d seen the place, but (A7)no one’s ev no er (Em7)tak en me. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way. (D)I (G5)swear I (G)rec og nize your breath. (D)Mem (G5)’ries like fin ger prints I are (G5)slow ly (G)rais ing. (G5)Me, Can not you find would n’t re the call, can dle of thought for I’m to light not my (G)for name. mer. It’s hard when times you’re (G)stuck up on the shelf. (G5)I changed by (A7)not chang ing at all. Small (A7)town pre dicts my fate, per (A7)haps that’s what no one (Em7)wants to see. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way. (D)I just (G5)want to (G)scream, “Hel lo. (D)My (G5)God, it’s (G)been so long, nev er (G5)dreamed you’d (G)re turn. (D)But now, (G5)here you (G)are, and (G5)here I (G)am. My (D)hearts and thoughts they fade a way.” (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)a (G)way. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade, (G5)fade a (G)way.

Song Details

Category
Rock
Key
D
Tempo
92 BPM
Difficulty
hard
Artist
Pearl Jam

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