Rehearsals For Departure


Capo 2 Intro: E E7 E/F# E E E7 I'll come down tomorrow morning E/F# E And meet you at our new location E E7 In front of City Bookstore E/F# E Across the street from the railway station Esus4 E E/F# She tells me how her night was spent E Nursing coffee and cigarettes E/F# You waited til your husband left E To pack your things and off you went E/F# He wouldn't notice that you'd left E Til morning when the drink wore off E/F# He stayed out all night with his friends E Never to return again E Esus4 E Esus4 E E7 In front of City Bookstore E/F# E Across the street from the railway station E E7 You show up with your suitcase E/F# E Ten dollars and a sad expression Esus4 E E/F# She tells me that it's all over now E She's done her time and now she's out E/F# From the prison that she calls a house E Where she stayed put while he went out E/F# She left him a note taped to the door E Saying, "Babe I won't be back no more E/F# I can't find reasons for me to stay E Married to you and your cheating ways." C#m E Walked her out to the train C#m E Couldn't hide my pain E/F# Or these tears that flow From my eyes like rain E That September morning, 1959 END: Esus4 E Esus4 E