Living Next Door To Alice

Living Next Door To Alice:Smokie.
#5 in UK and #2 in USA in 1976.

#1. (Capo 7th fret for original.)
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Sally called when she got the word,
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And she said: "I suppose you've heard - About Alice".
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Well, I rushed to the window, and I looked outside,
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and I could hardly believe my eyes - as a big limousine 
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rolled up into Alice's drive.

CHORUS:
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Oh, I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's

gonna go.
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I guess she's got her reasons, but I just don't want 

to know.
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Cause for twenty-four years I've been living next door 
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to Alice.
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Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,
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to tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance,
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now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice.

#2.
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We grew up together, two kids in the park.
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We carved our initials, deep in the bark.
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Me...and Alice.
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Now she walks through the door, with her head held high,
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just for a moment, I caught her eye, as the big limousine 
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pulled slowly out of Alice's drive.

CHORUS:
    D
Oh, I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's

gonna go.
  G
I guess she's got her reasons, but I just don't want 

to know.
          A 
Cause for twenty-four years I've been living next door 
   D    A7
to Alice.
D
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,
   G
to tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance,
         A                      G                   D    A7
now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice.

#3.
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Then Sally called back and asked how I felt,
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And she said: "I know how to help..you..get over Alice".
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She said: "Now Alice is gone, but I'm still here,
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you know I've been waiting for twenty-four years..."
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And the big limousine dissapeared...

CHORUS:
    D
Oh, I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's

gonna go.
  G
I guess she's got her reasons, but I just don't want 

to know.
          A 
Cause for twenty-four years I've been living next door 
   D    A7
to Alice.
D
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,
   G
to tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance,
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But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice...

OUTRO:
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No, I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice...


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