PATTERN:



	Am   (repeat)		C  (repeat)

e -----------0-0------0-0-||-----------0-0------0-0-||

B -----------1-1------1-1-||-----------1-1------1-1-||

G -----------2-2------2-2-||-----------0-0------0-0-||

D -----------2-2------2-2-||-----------2-2------2-2-||

A --3--2--0---------------||--0--2--3---------------||

E -----------------0------||-----------------3------||







        F  (repeat)		G   (repeat)

e -----------1-1------1-1-||-----------3-3------3-3-||

B -----------1-1------1-1-||-----------3-3------3-3-||

G -----------2-2------2-2-||-----------4-4------4-4-||

D -----------3-3------3-3-||-----------5-5------5-5-||

A --0--2--3---------------||-----------------5------||

E -----------------1------||--0--2--3---------------||







INTRO:



Am	C	Am	G







1.



Am

Evelyn sits by the elevator doors.



	  C		     Am

It's been 37 years since James dies on St. Patrick's day in 1964,



Am	G			  Am

But she could not hold it against him.



Am							 C			   Am

There were times when there was nothing she could do but lie in bed all day



C	 Am					    G

Beside a picture of them together   -  a picture of better days







CHORUS:



     F				     Am

And just like James, I'll be drinking Irish tonight



	G

And the memory of his last work week will be gone forever...



F	       Am  	      G

Evelyn, I'm not coming home tonight.



F

If we're never together



Am

If I'm never back again



G

Well I swear to god that I'll love you forever.



F	       Am	      G

Evelyn, i'm not coming home tonight







2.



Am					     C

In all the years that went by she said she'd always loved him,



C	     G					   F

And from the day that he died, she never loved again.



Am		   C			     G		            F

In his wallet she kept in her nightstand an a.a. card and a lock of red hair



F		   Am		  		     C

She kept secrets of pride, locked so tight in her heart



C		    G			     F

It killed a part of her before the rest was gone.



	   Am				  C

She said, "if I would have known just how things would have ended up,



  G			      F

I just would have let myself die."







CHORUS





OUTRO:



F	Am	G