capo on 2nd Fret 
C    G                 Am        F       G       C 
Some times you can say more in a drunken hour or so 
          G           Am         F       G     C 
Than some people get across in a life of lying low 
    G                  Am           F       G      C 
Sometimes you can feel more for someone you barely kissed 
          G             Am           F      G        C 
You don't see it at the time and the moment that you missed 
 


 
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      G       Am 
For a short time 
        F        G 
She was standing there 
    C               G        
And you saw her and she saw you 
    Am             F      G      C 
And you recall the colour of her hair 
      G      Am 
For a long time 
             F          G 
You've never thought of her 
     C                G 
Then you hear she was gone for good 
    Am                  F 
You might of cried then if you could 
      G 
Would have looked foolish if you did 
    F                                 G 
Somewhere the tear is falling in your mind 
      F G   C 
For a short time
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          G             Am          F     G        C 
There's a photo of your gang on the night she hung about 
         G              Am           F          G      C 
And your looking like a wag got your fat tongue poking out 
          G                Am             F        G  C 
But she's no-where to been seen you won't spot her anywhere 
       G                Am               F       G           C 
It was her who took the picture you were looking straight at her 
 
Chorus 
 
N/C     C             G                Am              F      G 
Tell me how long is a short time is it longer than two hours 
     C               G             Am             F     G 
Or a bit less than a weekend is it shorter than a year 
          C                G                 Am              F      G 
Is it the time it takes to not complete your business with a person 
       C                  G             Am       F       G    C 
With a friend you make it transit, to a daughter held so dear 
 
Chorus 
 
      G              Am        F      G        C 
Faces come and faces go in the ragged life you lead 
         G              Am        F         G        C 
You just file them all away you recall them when you need 
       G              Am          F       G    C 
When a file just disappears you report it as a crime 
            G                Am          F G   C 
Against yourself against the world for a short time 
 
Chorus