Am C Am G
Am
evelyn sits by the elevator doors
C Am
it’s been 37 years since james died on st . patrick’s day in 1964
G
she could not hold it against him
Am C
there were times there was nothing she could do but lie in bed all day
Am G F
beside a picture of them together , a picture of better days
and just like james , ill be drinking irish tonight
G
and the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
F Am
if we’re never together , if i’m never back again
G
well i swear to god that i’ll love you forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
Am C Am G
Am C
in all the years that went by she said she’d always love him
G F
and from the day that he died she never loved again
F Am
in his wallet she kept in her nightstand
G F
an A . A . card and a lock of red hair
F Am
she kept secrets of pride locked so tight in her heart
G F
it killed a part of her before the rest was gone .
F Am
she said , “if i would have known just how things would have ended up
G F
i just would have let myself die . ”
F Am
and just like james , ill be drinking irish tonight
G
and the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
F Am
if we’re never together , if i’m never back again
G
well i swear to god that i’ll love you forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
F Am G
Am C Am G
Am
evelyn sits by the elevator doors
C Am
it’s been 37 years since james died on st . patrick’s day in 1964
G
she could not hold it against him
Am C
there were times there was nothing she could do but lie in bed all day
Am G F
beside a picture of them together , a picture of better days
and just like james , ill be drinking irish tonight
G
and the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
F Am
if we’re never together , if i’m never back again
G
well i swear to god that i’ll love you forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
Am C Am G
Am C
in all the years that went by she said she’d always love him
G F
and from the day that he died she never loved again
F Am
in his wallet she kept in her nightstand
G F
an A . A . card and a lock of red hair
F Am
she kept secrets of pride locked so tight in her heart
G F
it killed a part of her before the rest was gone .
F Am
she said , “if i would have known just how things would have ended up
G F
i just would have let myself die . ”
F Am
and just like james , ill be drinking irish tonight
G
and the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
F Am
if we’re never together , if i’m never back again
G
well i swear to god that i’ll love you forever
F Am G
evelyn im not coming home tonight
F Am G
