Intro
[D]We were on the up and up
[Bm]The front door [A]painted red
[D]We collected marbles in a j[Bm]ar under the [A]bed
[G]We played our forty-[D]fives
[G]My mom warmed up to y[D]ou
[Bm]We were young and sh[Em]ooting ma[A]rbles
[D]Well, soon enough the times go tough, a[Bm]nd we weren't making [A]sand
[D]Each and every shiny pearl kept r[Bm]olling out of [A]hand
[G]So the times were getting [D]tough, but [G]we were getting to[D]ugher
[Bm]And if I have you, t[Em]hen who needs m[A]arbles?
[G]You move me[D][Bm][A]
[G]Oh, you move me
[D]I swear I'll bring home thirty more and[Bm] be your be[A]tter man
[D]I'll clean up good and sell the show a[Bm]nd hold onto m[A]y band
[G]Well, I bought you the n[D]ew suit, and I f[G]igured wool would[D] last
[Bm]You dirtied it while sh[Em]ooting ma[A]rbles
[D]I bought us a piano so our [Bm]kids would grow up sm[A]art
[D]And dig up all the songs w[Bm]e wrote back when we had the [A]heart
[G]Oh, the ivory will [D]chip
[G]The strings will surely [D]rust
[Bm]Your kids will know the difference fro[Em]m the lyrics in the d[A]ust
[G]You'll love me in[D] ways noth[Bm]ing else c[A]an
[G]You'll love me
[E] [A]
D [ch]Gdim7[/ch]
Stay even when the last one goes
[Bm]Will you stay a[A]round for when the marbles [E7]roll?
[Bm]Stay, stay, s[E]tay,
D [ch]Gdim7[/ch]
Will you stay even when the last one goes?
[Bm]Cause that's real l[A]ove, picking up your marb[E7]les rolled
[Bm]I will stay, stay, s[A]tay
D [ch]Gdim7[/ch]
Lover I believe you, but you've got the upper hand
[Bm]You push and pull and [A]break my heart just because you[E7] can
[Bm]Real love, even whe[A]n the marbles [E7]roll
Flute solo
[D] [Bm] [A]
[D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[D] [Em] [A]
[G]You'll love [D]me
[D]We were on the up and up
[Bm]The front door [A]painted red
[D]We collected marbles in a j[Bm]ar under the [A]bed
[G]We played our forty-[D]fives
[G]My mom warmed up to y[D]ou
[Bm]We were young and sh[Em]ooting ma[A]rbles
[D]Well, soon enough the times go tough, a[Bm]nd we weren't making [A]sand
[D]Each and every shiny pearl kept r[Bm]olling out of [A]hand
[G]So the times were getting [D]tough, but [G]we were getting to[D]ugher
[Bm]And if I have you, t[Em]hen who needs m[A]arbles?
[G]You move me[D][Bm][A]
[G]Oh, you move me
[D]I swear I'll bring home thirty more and[Bm] be your be[A]tter man
[D]I'll clean up good and sell the show a[Bm]nd hold onto m[A]y band
[G]Well, I bought you the n[D]ew suit, and I f[G]igured wool would[D] last
[Bm]You dirtied it while sh[Em]ooting ma[A]rbles
[D]I bought us a piano so our [Bm]kids would grow up sm[A]art
[D]And dig up all the songs w[Bm]e wrote back when we had the [A]heart
[G]Oh, the ivory will [D]chip
[G]The strings will surely [D]rust
[Bm]Your kids will know the difference fro[Em]m the lyrics in the d[A]ust
[G]You'll love me in[D] ways noth[Bm]ing else c[A]an
[G]You'll love me
[E] [A]
D [ch]Gdim7[/ch]
Stay even when the last one goes
[Bm]Will you stay a[A]round for when the marbles [E7]roll?
[Bm]Stay, stay, s[E]tay,
D [ch]Gdim7[/ch]
Will you stay even when the last one goes?
[Bm]Cause that's real l[A]ove, picking up your marb[E7]les rolled
[Bm]I will stay, stay, s[A]tay
D [ch]Gdim7[/ch]
Lover I believe you, but you've got the upper hand
[Bm]You push and pull and [A]break my heart just because you[E7] can
[Bm]Real love, even whe[A]n the marbles [E7]roll
Flute solo
[D] [Bm] [A]
[D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[D] [Em] [A]
[G]You'll love [D]me