To Her Door
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls

Intro:  G D C G  G D C G

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   They got married early, never had no money,
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then when he got laid off, he really hit the skids.
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He started up with drinkin’, then they started fightin’,
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he took it pretty badly, she took both the kids.
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She said I’m not standin’ by to watch you slowly die,
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so watch me walkin’ out the door,
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out the door, out the door, out the door.

She went to her brother’s, got a little bar work.
He went to the buttery, he stayed about a year.
Then he wrote a letter, said I wanna see ya,
she thought he sounded better, she sent him off the fare.
He was ridin’ through the cane in the pourin’ rain,
on olympics to her door,
to her door, to her door, to her door.

Instrumental as per verse

He came in on a Sunday, every muscle achin’,
walkin’ in slow motion like he’d just been hit.
Did they have a future, would he know his children?
Could he make a picture and get them all to fit.
He was shakin’ in his seat, riding through the streets,
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In a silver top, to her,
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shakin’ in his seat, riding through the streets,
     C          D          G
In a silver top, to her door,
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to her door, to her door, to her door.

Repeat instrumental and fade
 
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