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[Verse 1]
     C             Bm            Em              E7
Miss Fudge is only waiting for a man to come her way
             Am             E7           Am
She has been waiting eighty years for Mr Maple
       E7                Am             E7
But he doesn't know that she is waiting too

It's nothing new
       C             Bm          Em
Mister Maple gets up early every morning
          E7             Am                E7
Cooks his breakfast all alone the house is cold
           Am              E7             Am            E7
He needs a woman's hand to comfort him in his reclining years

He overhears

[Bridge]
    C             F                    C              F
The people on the street they pass him by and sort of snicker
C              F                    C             F
In his younger years he should have been a little quicker
    D              G                D                 G
For in the hand of someone he could love but who's to judge
         D           G                 F#7
If he'll ever have a meeting with Miss Fudge

[Break]
C B7 Em E7 Am E7 Am G F E7

[Verse 2]
     C                  Bm            Em                 E7
Miss Fudge's hopes were fading that a man would come her way
             Am               E7
She had been darning no one's socks
             Am                 E7
And when the years crept up her misery 
     Am                E7
Just slowly pushed her on

And now she's gone
       C             Bm                Em              E7
Mister Maple's life alone was just too much for him to bear
           Am                 E7                Am
And in his heart he knew that there would never be
          E7          Am              E7
a someone magical for him at times he cried

And then he died

[Outro]
    C             F                   C              F
But everything is better now, they're both at last together
    C               F                C                  F
The question now is answered for all those who wondered whether
     D                G                  D              G
They each at last had found a friend and if they did misjudge
      D                  G               F#7
Their tombstones side by side read Maple Fudge