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[Verse 1]
Em
Kids are scratching up the walk
Bm
Across the street and down the block
  C                                     D
I wish you'd stuck around to watch the night fall
Em
Smack your hands against the wall
   Bm
Louise Bogan and Robert Frost
       C                                        D
Popped off the shelf when you went through the door, singing

[Chorus]
C
Years from today
           G
When your name is just a name
        C
And my love is a couple candles
   G               D
Twinkling on your cake
Em                            Bm
That burn won't hurt you any more
         C                        D
But I'll still keep your picture lying in a drawer

{Break]

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[Verse 2]
Em
Kids are scratching up the walk
      Bm                              C
Four letter words in rainbow colored chalk
                          D
Sweep the dust under the rug
                      (C)
Oh if only we could talk

[Chorus]
(C)
Years away
           G
When your name is just a name
           C
You'll be countin' up your pennies
          G             D
Till I'm laughin in my grave
C
Years away
           G
When your name is just a name
        C
And my love is a couple candles
   G               D
Twinkling on your cake
Em             Bm           Em      Bm
That burn won't hurt you any more
           Am            D
But I'll still keep your picture
 Am           D
Lying in a drawer

[Break]

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Am D Am D

[Outro]
G
When I was a boy I could laugh at it, laugh at it
C
Now I wonder how I got that hold on me, hold on me
G                                                  C
When I was a boy I could laugh at it, laugh at it
G
When I was a boy I could laugh at it, laugh at it
C