Am C Am G
evelyn sits by the elevator doors	Am
it's been 37 years since james dies on st. patrick's day in 1964	C Am
but she could not hold it against him	G
there were times when there was nothing she could do	Am
but lie in bed all day beside a picture of them together	C Am
a picture of better days	G

and just like james, i'll be drinking irish tonight	F
and the memory of his last work week wil be gone forever	G
evelyn i'm not coming home tonight	F Am G
if we're never together if I'm never back again	F Am
well I swear to god that I'll love you forever	G
evelyn i'm not coming home tonight	F Am G

in all the years that went by she said she'd always love him	Am C
and from the day that he died she never loved again	G F

in his wallet she kept in her nightstand an a.a. card and a lock of red hair	F Am G F
she kept secrets of pride locked so tight in her heart	F Am
it killed a part of her before the rest was gone.	G F
she said, "if I would have known just how	F
things would have ended up I	Am
just would have let myself die	G F

and just like james, i'll be drinking irish tonight	F Am
and the memory of his last work week wil be gone forever	G
evelyn i'm not coming home tonight	F Am G
if we're never together if I'm never back again	F Am
well I swear to god that I'll love you forever	G
evelyn i'm not coming home tonight	F Am G
	F Am G