The Front Row

Intro 
N.C. 
Here we go 
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             D                              E7 
Well theyre sitting in the front row once again, 
          G                           A      D     D 
They were there last year when hardly no one came, 
         D 
And when we were trying hard, 
            E7 
To make the people understand, 
          F# 
They were singing right along, 
G           A 
Giving us a hand . . ., 
A        D            D 
From the front row. 
 

 
D                          E7 
Everybody else was wearing easy kinda clothes, 
G                       A      D     D 
She wore silk and him a velvet coat, 
      D                 D 
Which made us feel like we were special, 
E7 
In a special show, 
       F#                  G            A 
Didnt have to say a word,  just let us know, 
         D 
From the front row. 
 

 
        G            A 
And the faces in the front row, 
          D 
Come from every walk of life, 
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Each one has a story to tell, 
G                    A 
They dont know that from the stage, 
  D               Bm 
I see them all so clear, 
E                                       A 
Sometimes I can read their thoughts as well. 
           D 
Well their faces are transparent, 
         E7 
When the listen to your song, 
     G                       A           D 
Their mind the years away, for now their free. 
         D 
From the ordinary body, 
       E7 
In the ordinary chair, 
           F# 
Theyre up with you in the floodlights, 
   G              A 
No longer sitting there, 
       D 
In the front row.  


{Instrumental} 
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E7   A 


 
    D 
The quiet little man, 
          E7 
Who often came through mud and rain, 
G                A                 D 
He was late, the old cart took the blame, 
       D 
But he nearly always made it, 
   E7 
He never would be beat, 
      F# 
Until this year got beyond him, 
    G              A 
And I see an empty seat . . ., 
       D 
In the front row. 
 

Outro 
        G            A 
And the faces in the front row, 
          D 
Come from every walk of life, 
G              A        D     D7 
Each one has a story to tell, 
G                    A 
They dont know that from the stage, 
  D               Bm 
I see them all so clear, 
E                                       A 
Sometimes I can read their thoughts as well. 
           D 
Well their faces are transparent, 
         E7 
When the listen to your song, 
     G                       A           D 
Their mind the years away, for now their free. 
         D 
From the ordinary body, 
       E7 
In the ordinary chair, 
           F# 
Theyre up with you in the floodlights, 
   G              A 
No longer sitting there, 
       D 
In the front row, 
       D          D 
In the front row.