C                            D
She came to me shortly after Christmas
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Said she hated sport & New Year's Eve
        C                             D
But the truth doesn't wait to come in season
  F           G7               C
& what we had feared was now believed
                                 D
She said she'd leave come Monday mornin'
F             G7               C
Catch a plane if I'd split the fare
                                     D
She said she had friends in New York City
      F              G7            C
She'd look them up & have the baby there

    F                           C
And now she's alone in New York City
F                         C
Livin' like Lord I wonder how
   Am                        D
An angel in hell in New York City
F       G7               C
I can't think about that now

D                              E
Honey, will you tell him Bible stories
  G                A7           D
& give him all the love I never could?
                                      E
But never tell him too much about his daddy
       G           A7                 D
'Cause there's not much to say that's good
                                    E
He'll have to learn it all from his mother
G              A7        D
How to count & say his ABC's
                                       E
& when you teach him prayers to say at bedtime
G                    A7                D
Leave out "God bless daddy," won't you please?

    G                             D
And now they're alone in New York City
G                         D
Livin' like Lord I wonder how
  Bm                         E
2 angels in hell in New York City
G       A7               D
I can't think about that now
G       A7               D     D
I can't think about that now