Mail Order Annie - Harry Chapin Chords
Chords: C, Em, Am, F, G, G7, E, E7, Am7, A#m
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C Em Am
At first I did not think it could be you
F G G7
But you're the only one that got off the train
E E7 Am Am7
So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey, yes, yes
F G G7
I must be your husband. Yes, I'm Harry Crane
C Em F C
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Em F G G7
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
C Em F C
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
F C
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
F G
You who are the woman
F G C
Who's come to be my wife
C Em Am
You know you're not as pretty as I dreamed you'd be
F G G7
But then I'm not no handsome fancy Dan
E E7 Am Am7
And out here looks are really not important, no, no
F G G7
It's what's inside a woman when she's up against the land
C Em F C
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Em F G G7
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
C Em F C
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
F C
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
F G
You who are the woman
F G C Em Am
Who's come to be my wife
Am A#m
You know it's not no easy life you're entering
Am A#m
The winter wind comes whistlin' through the cracks there in the sod
Am F
You know you'll never have too many neighbours
Am Dm7 G G7
There's you babe, and there's me, and there's God
C Em Am
You know I'm just a dirt man from the North Dakota plains
F G
You're one girl from the city who's been thrown out on her own
E E7 Am Am7
And I'm standing here not sure of what to say to you
F G G7
'Ceptin' mail order Annie, let's you and me go home
C Em F C
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Em F G G7
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
C Em F C
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
F C
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
F G
You who are the woman
F G C
Who's come to be my wife
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