Tommy Acordes

[Spoken Intro: Tommy]
N.C.
My wife passed away about, I guess it's been eight or nine years. And uh, my high school sweetheart, who’s
a widow in Midland, I got up the nerve to call her, "You wanna go to dinner?" Yeah, she did. So, said, "I
dreamed about my wife" and she said, "I thought you'd marry again," and I said, "Didn't seem like a good
idea." She said, "You’re going to get to where you can't drive to Midland and then you're going to be awful
lonesome." I said, "Let's talk about you, how's it up there?" and she said "Marvelous, just great." I said
"Have you seen my friend's husband up there?" "Oh, yeah, he's having a good time." So I called her up and I
said "They're up there just having a great time and all we do is go to dinner." Shit, I always heard Heaven
was awful nice. So I made up my mind that I was gonna have more fun than anybody. I tried not to miss anything
but I didn’t even know what I was doing there. And I should’ve gone on over to the Capri, I bet that was a
                       G  A  A  Em
good party, wasn't it?
 
 
[Verse 1]
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Met an old man
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Told me ’bout a past life
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Told him I was leavin' tomorrow
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Then he sat down
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Said he had a wife once
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Now he's got a new love in Texas
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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Does she know that I'm driving across America
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Dining with somebody new?
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Someone I met before I married her
 
 
[Chorus]
D                      E
I’m in heaven without you, but
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Just take your time, I'll be alright
D                      E
I'm in heaven without you, but
G                      A
Just take your time, I'll be alright (Nah, nah)
 
 
[Verse 2]
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In this town
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Tommy goes dancin'
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Movin' like a young man till midnight
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Over ice cream
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Told me 'bout his dream
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Said his wife came back to tell him
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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"Yes, I know that you're driving across America
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Dining with somebody new
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Someone you met before they married us"
 
 
[Chorus]
D                      E
I'm in heaven without you, but (Heaven without you)
G                      A
Just take your time, I'll be alright (Heaven without you)
D                      E
I'm in heaven without you, but (Heaven without you)
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Just take your time, I'll be alright (Nah, nah)
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