C G C My wife lies down in a chair, And Peels a Pear, I know she’s thereC G D I’m making coffee for two, just me and youC G D But I come back in with coffee for three, Coffee for threeC G C My dead wife sits in a chair, combing her hair, I know she’s thereC G D She wanders off to the bed, shaking her head, Robyn she saidC D You know I don’t take sugarG C Am G My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her?G C Am G My wife and my dead wife, Doesn’t anybody see her at all?C Fmaj7 G No, no no, no no no, noooooC G C My wife sits down on the stairs, and stares into air, there’s no one thereAm G D I’m drilling holes in the wall, holes in the wallC G I turn round and my dead wife’s upstairs, she’s still wearing flaresFmaj7 C G She talks out loud, but no one hearsG C Am G My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees herG C Am G My wife and my dead wife, Doesn’t anybody see her at all?C Fmaj7 G No, no no, no no no, noooooC Am G Fmaj7 C G And I cannot decide, which one I love the mostC Am D The flesh and blood, or the pale, smiling ghostC G C My wife lies down on the beach, she’s sucking a peach, she’s out of reachC Am G D Of the waves that crash on the sand, where my dead wife stands, holding my handC G Now my wife can’t swim but neither could she, and deep in the seaD D She’s waiting for me, She’s waiting for meC G Fmaj7 C Oh, I’m such a lucky guy, ‘cause I got you baby and I’ll never be lonelyG C Am G My wife and my dead wife, am I the only one that sees her?G C Am G My wife and my dead wife, Doesn’t anybody see her at all?C Fmaj7 G No, no no, no no no, noooooC Fmaj7 C No, no no, no no no, no
My Wife And My Dead Wife
Robyn Hitchcock
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