Tonart: B minor
Verse 1
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Last time I saw her was
Bb
Bbsus2
1969.
Am
Sophomore in high school,
Bb
Bbsus2
F
the oldest childhood friend of mine.
G
on the grounds of a private school.
G#
Both of our dads were teachers,
F
G
but we pretended that we were cool.
Am
When she was four years old,
Bbsus2
and plastic high heels.
Am
Strutted around the campus,
Bb
I thought she was a very, very big deal.
Bbsus2
F
G#
Though I was one year older,
G
she was so much bolder.
G#
When the school went bankrupt,
G#
but I told her we'd be friends for all time.
F
Am
Bb
What are we doing with our lives?
F
I can't see the disappoint
Am
Bb
ment in your eyes.
F
Am
Bb
You look like one of those society wives,
I was at the Indianapolis airport,
Am
When I heard your message,
Bb
guess who this is, Christine
G#
A voice from your past,
G#
I'm coming to New York next week.
G
I want to see you so much.
Am
I was stunned I called her.
Bb
F
We laughed just like old times.
Am
Picked up where we both
Bb
F
left off in 1969.
G#
Talked about the passing years,
G
G#
made plans to rendezvous.
G
Oh Jane, it was so good to hear from you.
F
Bb
What are we doing with our lives?
F
I can see the disappoint
Am
F
Bb
ment in your eyes
F
Am
Bb
You look like one of those society wives
You arrive at my apartment
Bb
We laugh and hug and squeal
Am
Say that we both look the same
Bb
When we know that's not for me
G#
We bring each other up to date
G#
G
Marvel at how well our moms
have carried on
Am
You're not surprised at how I live
Bb
You say you always knew
F
Am
I would not take the beaten path
Bb
I had thought the same for you
F
G#
What happened to that little girl
G
Who bent all the rules?
G#
The four -year -old in lipstick
G
Raising hell in that private school
F
Bb
What are we doing with our lives?
F
I can see the disappoint
Am
Bb
ment in your eyes
F
You look like one of those
Am
F
Bb
society wives
You show me pictures of
your second husband
Bb
Your horses and your kids
Am
Though outwardly you're happy
Bb
I suspect you're keeping a tight lid
G#
I take you to a restaurant,
G
G#
recommended by the times
We order a la carte,
G
we wash it down with wine,
Am
Your words are tumbling,
Bb
too fast for me to hear
Am
The pas t and present are colliding,
Bb
you look close to tears
G#
But you do not break,
you laugh and joke,
G#
I pretend not to see that
F
Am
Bb
What are we doing with our lives?
F
I can't see the disappoint
Am
Bb
ment in your eyes
F
You look like one of those
Am
Bb
F
Am
society wives
Bb
I put you in a taxi as it begins to rain
Am
I hug you, it was so good
Bb
to fi nally see you Jane
F
G#
You drive off and I feel guilty,
G
G#
cause I know I could
have probed much deeper,
G
but you said you had to go
Am
What made you place that phone call?
Bb
Are you longing for the past?
Am
Are you grasping for the friendship
Bb
Teenagers think will last?
F
G#
Are you the girl that I remember?
G
Are you the woman that I see?
F
Am
Bb
What are we doing with our lives?
F
I can't see the disappoint
Am
Bb
ment in your eyes
F
Am
Bb
You look like one of those society wives
Am
F
Oh Jane, what are we doing
F
I can't see the disappoint
Am
Bb
ment in your eyes
F
Am
Bb
You look like one of those society wives
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