Gmaj9   - 200003
Em/G    - 3x2003

[Intro]
G  C  G  C

[Verse 1]
   G               C
A slow and steady rain was falling
G             C
In the countryside.
         G               C   Gmaj9
We were gathered in the garden,
    Em            D
The day my daddy died.
   G                    C
Although they had been separated,
  G                   C
Apart for quite some time,
       G              C        Gmaj9
I saw mother's tears erase the years,
Em                  D    D
This young widowed bride.

[Chorus 1]
     C                   Bm
In springtime she'll be turning sixty
    C              D
And be out on the town.
   C               Bm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
  C        D7     G   C  G  C
A man who stays around.

[Verse 2]
      G               C
Well yesterday I was heading west
    G               C
and now I'm headed south
    G               C             Gmaj9
Someone who rails around the world.
       Em            D
She's wandering the house.
    G             C
Oh mother do you hear the footsteps
         G                C
of_your_husband down the hall?
           G           C   Gmaj9
Don't_you_realize the danger
       Em                   D    D
Being trapped inside those walls?

[Chorus 1]
     C                   Bm
In springtime she'll be turning sixty
    C              D
And be out on the town.
   C               Bm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
  C        D7     G     G
A man who stays around.

[Bridge]
Em                                    G
 And I hope one day that you will be ready,
Em                                  G
 Have someone strong right by your side.
Em                                      G
 Look back on your life and you surely regret it,
C                          D   D   D   D
 Or find some happiness inside.

[Verse 3]
G               C
Underneath the willow branches
   G              C
At number twenty-nine,
   G               C      Gmaj9
Another crowd has gathered
            Em            D
And_they're putting up a sign.
G              C
Mother she is moving on,
G               C
She is doing so well.
    G              C       Gmaj9
She put the past behind her,
        Em               D    D
Now_the_house is up for sale.

[Chorus 2]
     C                   Bm
In springtime she'll be turning sixty
    C              D
And be out on the town.
   C               Bm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
  C       Em/G    D
A man who stays around.

[Coda]
   C               Bm
I really hope she finds a boyfriend,
  C          D        G    C  G
A man - who stays - around.