verse 1 
F 
She tried to push him away  
                C 
With a ten foot pole 
         Bb                    C 
Saying, "I'm just a crusty old doughnut 
            F 
Without any hole" 

Weary and bewildered bachelor  
             C 
How could he know 
Bb                         C 
She'd move her suitcase to his place  
  F 
A year ago 


verse 2 
G 
There he stood in the doorway  
           C 
No clothes wearing 
G 
Asking permission to give all his  
C 
Love and his caring 

Love and care 


verse 3 

Theirs is a real thing 
              F 
A dish in the sink 
             C 
A dog in the stairwell 
         F 
Making a stink 
           E7   F 
They got a true love 
G           F        C   F  C 
So real you can feel it 


verse 4 
    F 
For Christmas he gave her 
                  C 
A silver and gold Jewish star 
   Bb                   C 
He put it on top of the tree 
                     F 
And said, "There you are" 

She giggled and cried  
                              C 
And rolled on the living room floor 
    Bb                    C 
And laughed at all of his jokes 
                    F 
So he told her some more 


Verse 5 
G 
There he stood in the doorway 
             C 
Crumpled and daring 
G 
Asking permission to give all his  
             C 
Love and his caring 

Love and care 


Verse 6 

Theirs is a real thing 
                F 
A working man's shoe 
                    C 
Worn through at the sole 
           F 
As good as new 
           E7   F 
They got a true love 
G           F        C   F  C 
So real you can feel it 


Bridge 
D                                                   Bb 
Five o'clock by the window pane, watching the rain 
      F       C     D   
New York city blues 
                                                      Bb 
Oh, the rain's coming down hard, it's dark out there  
               F            C 
You gotta have something to do 


Verse 7 
   F                                           C 
So one day she said, "I must go to Alaska this winter" 
   Bb                    C 
He yelled and kicked the table 
              G 
His toe got a splinter 
F                                           C 
Still he escorted her up to the gate at the airport 
         Bb                    C                         F 
Saying, "Damn it, I don't understand what you have to go there for" 


Verse 8 
G 
Calendar pages were flipping 
               C 
He stayed home waiting 
         G 
Saying, "Oh, this woman I love is  
       C F C F C 
So irritating" 


Verse 9 

Theirs is a real thing 
               F 
A welcome home kiss 
                 C 
The smell of his whiskers  
             F 
That she did miss 
           E7   F 
They got a true love 
G           F        C  
So real you can feel it