Crystal Chandeliers

by Ted Harris

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Top line is for tremolo players, bottom line
Is for diatonic players, numbers in parenthesis
Are slurred together

5 -7 -7  -7  -8  8   8   -8   -7   7    -7
4 -6 -6 -6   -7  7   7   -7   -6   6    -6
I ne-ver did fit in too well with folks you
 -8   5  5    7    7  7    7   -7   -8   -8
 -7   4  4    6    6  6    6   -6   -7   -7
Knew, it was plain to see that the likes of
-7  7  7  -6   7   -7   8  -8  -7 -7  -7
-6  6  6  -5   6   -6   7  -7  -6 -6  -6
Me didn't fit with you; so you traded me
-7  -8  8 8 -8 -8 -7  7    -7 -8  (-7-8)
-6  -7  7 7 -7 -7 -6  6    -6 -7  (-6-7)
for the gaiety of the well-to-do, and
  8    8 -7  7   -7   -8  7 -6  6   -6
  7    7 -6  6   -6   -7  6 -5  5   -5
Turned away from the love I offered you


Chorus
5   -7  -7   -7  -8 8     8   -8 -7   -7  7
4   -6  -6   -6  -7 7     7   -7 -6   -6  6
The crystal chandeliers light up the paintings
7  -7    -8   5    7  7  7  -7  -8  -8
6  -6    -7   4    6  6  6  -6  -7  -7
On your wall, the marble statuettes are 
-7   7    7  -6  -6 7    -7   8    8   -8
-6   6    6  -5  -5 6    -6   7    7   -7
Standing stately in the hall, but will the
-7  -7  -7    7   -7  -8  8   8     -8
-6  -6  -6    6   -6  -7  7   7     -7
Timely crowd that has you laughing loud
-8   -7   7   -7   -8      -7  -8   8    8
-7   -6   6   -6   -7      -6  -7   7    7
Help you dry your tears?  When the new wears
-7  7   -7  -8  7   -6  6  -6
-6  6   -6  -7  6   -5  5  -5
Off of your crystal chandeliers.



Verse 2


I see your picture in the news most every
Day, you're the chosen girl of the social
World, so the stories say.  But a paper 
Smile only lasts awhile, then it fades away
And the love we knew will come home to you
Some day.

Chorus