Emaj7 
Tom was born in 1942 

With eyes of blue 
                                                B  
And the doctors said that his birth was far too fast 


    Emaj7 
His heart stopped twice 

But yet he survived 

As he took his first breathe 
                     B  B  B  B  B 
His mother took her last 

        Emaj7 
And his father knew that he wasn?t to blame 
                                                B  B  B  B  B        
But he never quite looked at Tom the same after that 

       E 
And he rarely spoke about her 
             F# 
But when he did 
                                 B  B  B  B  B 
He said your mother used to say this 

         Emaj7 
When the skies are looking bad my dear 

And your heart has lost all it?s hope 
      Emaj7 
After dawn there will be sunshine 

And all the dust will go 
B 
Skies will clear my darling 
             B 
I?ll wake up with the one I love the most 
           Emaj7                  F# 
And in the morning, I?ll make you up 
                 B  B  B  B  B 
some tea and toast 



        Emaj7 
When we met through a friend 

Who introduced them 
                                                B  B  B  B  B 
The first thing Tom said was would you like to dance? 
     Emaj7 
They moved with each other and when the music got slower 
                           B  B  B  B  B 
He said don?t let go of my hand 
             Emaj7 
He said It?s only polite if I ask you tonight 
                                            B  B  B  B  B 
Would it be alright, if I could walk you home? 
              Emaj7 
That night he told her of his birth 
    
And said when it hurt 
   F#                                                   B  B  B  B  B 
He thought about what his mother said about tea and toast 



Emaj7 
Two quick years went by 
                  F# 
They were side by side 
    Emaj7                                   F# 
And without a plan, they conceived a little child 
        Emaj7 
He said women I love you and this you know 
      F# 
But I only have enough for our food and clothes 
      G#dim 
But I love you and this baby 

Until the day that I die 
         Emaj7 
She said we?ll take care of this little life 
          F# 
And we?ll fall in love with her baby blue eyes 
    G#dim 
And we?ll be alright from some advice that I know 
         Emaj7 
She said I never got to meet her 
    F#                                               B  B  B  B  B 
But if I did, I?m sure your mother would have said this 


         Emaj7 
When the skies are looking bad my dear 

And your heart has lost all it?s hope 
      Emaj7 
After dawn there will be sunshine 

And all the dust will go 
B 
Skies will clear my darling 
             B 
We'll show this baby all the love we know 
           Emaj7                  F# 
And in the morning, I?ll make you up 
                 B  B  B  B  B 
some tea and toast 

        Emaj7 
Well he took those words and he made them proud 
          F# 
He worked day after day and hour after hour 
        G#dim 
So that they could buy a little house on the outside of town 
Emaj7 
The little girl grew up and so did they 
          F# 
They said that they loved each other everyday 
    G#dim 
And forty years later, that brings us to now 

               Emaj7 
And as they?re walking down the street her grip loosens on his hand 
            F# 
He puts his arm around her side as she falls to the ground 
             G#dim 
He hears her breathing and that's the only sound 
    Emaj7 
Her body on the floor attracts a worried crowd 
      F#                                          G#dim 
Tears rolls off his face as he says ?don?t let go, now? 

         Emaj7 
And he?s sitting by her bed in the hospital  
      F#                                    G#dim 
Their daughter walks in with a family of her own 
          Emaj7 
She says ?dad, I don?t know if she can hear you now 
            F#                             G#dim 
but there?s one thing mum would want you to know? 

         Emaj7 
When the skies are looking bad my dear 

And your heart has lost all it?s hope 
      Emaj7 
After dawn there will be sunshine 

And all the dust will go 
B 
Skies will clear my darling 
          B 
Now it's time for you to let go 
           Emaj7                  F# 
And in the morning, I?ll make you up 
                   B  B  B  B  B 
With some tea and toast