Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town

(D)I (G5)seem to (G)recognize your (G5)face.

(D)(G5)Haunting, (G)familiar, yet I can't (G5)seem to (G)place it.

(G5)Me, not you find wouldn't re the call,

(G)dle of thought for I'm light (G5)not your (G)former.

(G5)Life hard when times are (G)catching up with (G5)me.

(G5)All these by (A7)changes taking (G5)place,

I (A7)wish I'd seen the (G5)place,

but (A7)no one's ev no er (Em7)taken me.

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)fade (G)away.

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)fade (G)away.

(D)I (G5)swear I (G)recognize your (G5)breath.

(D)(G5)Mem'ries like (G)fingerprints I are (G5)slowly (G)raising.

(G5)Me, not you find wouldn't re the call,

(G)dle of thought for I'm light (G5)not my (G)former.

(G5)It's hard when times you're (G)stuck upon the (G5)shelf.

(G5)I changed by (A7)not changing at (G5)all.

Small (A7)town predicts my (G5)fate,

(A7)perhaps that's what no one (Em7)wants to see.

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)fade (G)away.

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)fade (G)away.

(D)I just (G5)want to (G)scream,

(G5)"Hello.

(D)My (G5)God, it's (G)been so long,

never (G5)dreamed you'd (G)return.

(D)But now, (G5)here you (G)are,

and (G5)here I (G)am.

My (D)hearts and (G5)thoughts they (G)fade

(G5)away."

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)fade (G)away.

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)fade (G)away.

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)(G)away. (D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,

(G5)fade (G)away.

(D)Hearts and (G5)thoughts, they (G)fade,