C               C7
I can see the kitchen light
         F                    F
From the road where I park my bike
         C                C              G7      G7
But it's dark there as it often is these days
        C             C7
And the gloomy living room
       F                F
Really needs a dust and broom
    C                  G7          C
But I can't brush your memory away

[One bar of G7 after verses 1 & 3; one bar of C7 after verses 2 & 4]

Verse 2:
Her father was an admiral
In someone else's navy
And she had seen the world before I met her
She would wash and cook and clean
And all the other things between
And like a fool I just sat there and let her

Chorus 1:
          F                  F
Now I can feed and dress and wash myself
    C                 F
And sleep without the light on
C            C       G7    G7
Honey, I'm a big boy now
  C                      C7
I don't know what she does
             F            F
With all the money that I send her
      C                   G7                    C
She's running 'round the town with the young pretender

Verse 3:
I haven't touched the garden
Since the day she walked away
From a love affair that bore only bitter fruit
She took everything she wanted
Which is why she left me here
With these pots and pans and my old wedding suit

Verse 4:
A letter came one morning
That she would not let me see
And from that day I began to realize
That she would one day break
The home we tried to make
For sinners cannot live in paradise

Chorus 2:
Now I can feed and dress and wash myself
And sleep without the light on
Honey, I'm a big boy now
I don't know what she does
With all the money that I send her
She's running 'round the town with the young pretender
[one bar of G7]
  C                   C7 
I don't know what she does
             F            F
With all the money that I send her
      C                   G7                     F       C
She's running 'round the town with the young pre-tender