G                        C/G 
margaret in the morning sleeping on her side 
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tossing men like nickels into an ever-rising tide 
G                          C/G 
I guess she was a dentist before she fell in love 
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freezing leaden smiles just to give 'em up 

Em C/G G 
oh oh oh 
D/F#     G 
margaret downe 

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margaret at the office margaret at eighteen 
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she said sit right down a minute she said let me clean your teeth 
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so we settled down in Boiseman in the corner of the world 
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and we raised a couple children but we lost a little girl 

Em C/G G 
oh oh oh 
D/F#     G 
margaret downe 

heartsick in montana we slowly grew apart 
the grocery clerk in Moncton as you were dancing in the bar 
you rushed him to the courtroom before the bed was cold 
and defrosted out my windshield when you smile then let me know 

oh oh oh 
oh oh oh 
margaret downe 

many cavities pulling at our marriage's tender mouth 
and at the root of all the problems was a man across the canal 
margaret left the practice laid in '86 
and I left behind the mid-west and forgot we ever kissed 

oh oh oh 
oh oh oh 
oh oh oh 
margaret downe 
I knew she changed her number but couldn't shake the cough 
the doctor gave her 6 weeks which only made her shrug it off 
resting in her 5th week I brought her buttercups 
there was too much to say between us and I'd only fuck it up 
so I stared up at the ceiling and I held her little hands  
and you knew that I forgave you for making other plans 
oh oh oh 
oh oh oh 
oh oh oh 
margaret downe 
margaret in the morning sleeping on her side 
tossing men like nickels to an ever-rising tide