Intro: E    Esus4    E 

Verse 
E                              
I don't know how to tell her 
A                                  E    Esus4    E 
I didn't get that raise in pay today 
      D 
And I know how much she wanted 
    A 
The dress in Baker's window 
        E              A                  E 
And it breaks my heart to see her have to wait 
A             E                 A            E 
   And cancel all the plans she made to celebrate 


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          D                              A 
But I can count on her to take it with a smile 
           E   Esus4  E 
And not a frown,      she knows that 
                                   Esus4  E 
Life has its little ups and downs 

Like ponies on a merry go round 
E7         D                              A 
    And no one grabs the brass ring every time 
               E      Esus4  E 
But she don't mind 
            B                A 
She wears a gold ring on her finger 
                          E     Esus4  E 
And I'm so glad that it's mine 


The new house plans we've had so long 
A                                 E     Esus4   E 
I guess, will gather dust another year 
        D 
And the daffodils are bloomin' 
         A                              E  
That she planted way last fall upon the hill 
    A            E 
And over by the gate 
A            E           A                    E 
  God knows, I hate to say again, we'll have to wait 

            D                                A 
But you can bet that she will take it with a smile 
          E       Esus4   E 
And not a frown, 
                                                  Esus4  E 
she knows that life has its little ups and downs 

Like ponies on a merry go round 
E7     D                              A 
And no one grabs the brass ring every time 
              E    Esus4   E 
But she don't mind 
            B                A 
She wears a gold ring on her finger 
                          E 
And I'm so glad that it's mine 

Outro 
            B                A 
She wears a gold ring on her finger 
                          E      Esus4  E 
And I'm so glad that it's mine