The Ring

Intro 

G C G C 


[Verso 1]
 
G 
By the light of the moon 
C 
To a fifties tune 
G                         C 
He pledged his love to her 
G 
A girl so rare 
C 
A girl so fair 
G                        C 
The girl for him for sure 
G 
He could see himself getting up every mornin' 
C 
For the rest of his life 
G                                 C 
Just to look in those eyes so blue 
G                              C 
It was all he ever wanted to do 
G                          C 
She was all he'd ever need to see him through 

G C G C 


[Verso 2]

G 
They were still in their teens 
C 
When he gave her the ring 
G                             C 
They were married late one May 
G 
And they moved into a little house 
C 
On the far end of town 
G                     C 
Out by the big highway 
G 
And all through the days 
C 
And all through the nights 
G                                   C 
The cars and the trucks rolled on by 
G                                    C 
And he slept through it all just fine 
G                             C 
Every night he slept just fine 


[Refrão]

C 
Sometimes she'd stare at the stars out the window 
Bm 
Sometimes she'd walk 'neath the moon 
C 
Sometimes she'd sit there just watching him sleeping 
D 
Hoping the dawn would come soon 

G C G C 


[Verso 3]
 
G 
She'd done well in school 
C 
She'd followed the rules 
G                                   C 
She'd always stood out from the rest 
G 
She'd go off to college 
C 
And work her way through 
G                              C 
Then move to some city out west 
G 
She had it all planned 
C 
She'd have her career 
G                                                    C 
She'd have all of the things that she'd always lacked 
G                                   C 
She'd wake up one morning all packed 
G                                 C 
And leave here and never look back 


[Refrão]

C 
Most of their friends thought it soon would be over 
Bm 
Not many thought it would last 
C 
Most seemed to think they were all wrong for each other 
D 
And soon it would pass—soon it would pass 

G C G C X4 last two times srum softly 


[Verso 4]

G 
Now twenty years have gone 
C 
And her kids have moved on 
G                                     C 
And she's still on the far end of town 
G                                   C 
Her youngest—she's livin' somewhere in L.A. 
        G                               C 
And her oldest—he works on a nearby farm 
G 
Her husband comes home 
C 
And they talk over supper 
G                                C 
He's usually the first to turn in 
G                          C 
Another day comes to an end 
G                    C 
Another day just ends 



[Refrão]
 
C 
And sometimes in the wee hours when the traffic dies down 
Bm 
She'll hear the sound of some bird on the wing 
C 
And she'll look out the window and she'll look at his picture 
D 
But not at the ring, not at the ring 

G C G 

Outro 
C                          G C G 
She never looks at the ring 
C                      G C G C G C G 
Never looks at the ring 
C                      G C G 
Never looks at the ring 
C              G C G C G 
Not at the ring 
C    G 
Oh