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verse 1 

           E       C  G A            
When I was younger 
               E       C  G A            
A part-time job worker 
                E       C  G A            
Department store centre 
           E      C  G A            
I saw a man enter 
      E            C  G A            
He was middle-aged 
          E            C  G A            
Deep lines on his face 
            E               C  G A            
Tight mouth and eyes glazed 
            E            C  G A            
Eyelids just half-raised 

                E       G        A 
And I looked at him, he looked at me 
             E      G     A 
He looked so sad, I had to see 
            E          G       A 
What did he want, what could it be 
            E            G         A 
What had he been through before me 
                  D               C 
Seeing him in the store, I worked for 
    E     C  G A            
That year 
    E     C  G A            
That year 



verse 2 

              E         C  G A 
Ice skates he asked for 
                E       C  G A 
In the middle of summer 
           E          C  G A 
He wanted a good pair 
                E         C  G A 
The price he did not care 
        E             C  G A 
I looked for his size 
             E         C  G A 
Our best pair he tried 
       E              C  G A 
Custom back and sides 
          E            C  G A 
Excitement in his eyes 


                E       G        A 
And I looked at him, he looked at me 
             E      G     A 
He looked so sad, I had to see 
            E          G       A 
What did he want, what could it be 
            E            G         A 
What had he been through before me 
                  D               C 
Seeing him in the store, I worked for 
    E     C  G A            
That year 
    E     C  G A            
That year 



Harmonica Solo 

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E  C  A 
E  C  A 

E  C  G A            
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verse 3 

           E          C  G A 
I asked are you a pro 
                 E        C  G A 
He looked sad and said no 
                 E            C  G A 
These skates are my last hope 
              E            C  G A 
Without them I cannot cope 

               E         G           A 
And he said my wife, she drowned this summer 
           E          G    A 
Behind our house, the river took her 
         E       G      A  
I cannot swim, I need to find her 
       E          G          A  
I will wait, till it freezes over 
                D                  C 
And then I will skate, as far as it takes 
       D                  C 
I will skate, as far as it takes 
                 E     C  G A 
To bring her back home 
                 E     C  G A 
To bring her back home 
                 E     C  G A 
To bring her back home 
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