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