Mail Order Annie Lyrics

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My first contribution on here as I noticed this song was missing.
It's a beautiful song and straightforward to play albeit I use a capo at
Fret1 because it suits my voice better. I also find these better chords to
use than those Harry Chapin uses as he seems to play it open fret in D (you
can achieve this with by putting the capo at Fret 2). The only other change
is he changes key for the last verse but that doesn't work for me. Anyhow
here it is and I hope it works for you.
PM
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Mail Order Annie (Harry Chapin)
Fret 1 or 2 (Chapin plays it in D)
Intro: C Em Am F G G7
At first I did not think it could be you
But you're the only one that got off the train
So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey, yes, yes
I must be your husband. Yes, I'm Harry Crane
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
You who are the woman
Who's come to be my wife
You know you're not as pretty as I dreamed you'd be
But then I'm not no handsome fancy Dan
And out here looks are really not important, no, no
It's what's inside a woman when she's up against the land
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
You who are the woman
Who's come to be my wife
You know it's not no easy life you're entering
The winter wind comes whistlin' through the cracks there in the sod
You know you'll never have too many neighbours
There's you babe, and there's me, and there's God
You know I'm just a dirt man from the North Dakota plains
You're one girl from the city who's been thrown out on her own
And I'm standing here not sure of what to say to you
'Ceptin' mail order Annie, let's you and me go home
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin'
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin'
To tell you that I'm glad you're here
You who are the woman
Who's come to be my wife