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n	1	Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie	n	1	Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie
	2			2
	3	Intro:		3	Intro:
n	4	[G] [G]	n	4	[G] [G] [G] [G]
	5			5
	6	Verse 1:		6	Verse 1:
n	7	[G] Sally called when [G] she got the word.	n	7	[G] Sally called when she got the word.
	8	[C] She said, “I [C] suppose you’ve heard [D] [D]... about [G] Alice” [D]		8	[C] She said, “I suppose you’ve heard [D].......about [G] Alice.” [D7]
	9	Well I [G] rushed to the window and I [G] looked outside,		9	Well I [G] rushed to the window and I looked outside,
	10	[C] And I could hardly [C] believe my eyes,		10	[C] could hardly believe my eyes,
	11	As a [D] big limousine rolled [D] up into [G] Alice’s drive [D7]		11	As a [D] big Limousine rolled up into [G] Alice’s drive. [D7]
	12			12
	13	\|Chorus:		13	\|Chorus:
n	14	\|I [G] don’t know why she’s leaving or (G) where she’s gonna go	n	14	\|I [G] don’t know why she’s leaving or where she’s gonna go
	15	\|I [C] guess she’s got her reasons but I [C] just don’t wanna know.		15	\|I [C] guess she’s got her reasons but I just don’t wanna know.
	16	\|’Cos for [D] twenty-four years I’ve been [D] living next door to [G] Alice.		16	\|’Cos for [D7] twenty-four years I’ve been living next door to [G] Alice. [D7]
	17	\|(Alice? [D] Who the pluck is Alice?!)
	18	\|[G] Twenty-four years just [G] waiting for the chance		17	\|[G] Twenty-four years just waiting for the chance
	19	\|To [C] tell her how I feel and maybe [C] get a second glance,		18	\|To [C] tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance,
	20	\|Now I’ve [D] got to get used to not [C] living next door to [G] Alice.		19	\|Now I’ve [D] got to get used to not [C] living next [D] door to [G] Alice. [D7]
	21	\|(Alice? [D] Who the pluck is Alice?!)
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	23	Verse 2:		21	Verse 2:
n	24	We [G] grew up together, two (G) kids in the park.	n	22	We [G] grew up together, two kids in the park.
	25	We [C] carved our initials [C] deep in the bark [D] [D]... me and [G] Alice [D]		23	We [C] carved our initials deep in the bark [D]....... me and [G] Alice. [D7]
	26	Now she [G] walks through the door with her [G] head held high,		24	Now she [G] walks through the door with her head held high,
	27	[C] Just for a moment, I [C] caught her eye.		25	[C] Just for a moment, I caught her eye.
	28	As a [D] big limousine pulled [D] slowly out of [G] Alice’s drive [D7]		26	A [D] big Limousine pulled slowly out of [G] Alice’s drive [D7]
	29			27
	30	Chorus:		28	Chorus:
	31			29
	32	Verse 3:		30	Verse 3:
n	33	[G] And Sally called back and [G] asked how I felt,	n	31	[G] And Sally called back and asked how I felt,
	34	[C] And she said "I [C] know how to help [D] [D]... get over [G] Alice." [D]		32	[C] And she said "I know how to help - [D].........Get over [G] Alice". [D7]
	35	She said "Now [G] Alice is gone, but [G] I'm still here,		33	She said "Now [G] Alice is gone, but I'm still here,
	36	[C] You know I've been waiting for [C] twenty-four years"		34	[C] You know I've been waiting for twenty-four years "
	37	[D*] And a big limousine disappeared...		35	[D*] And a big limousine disappeared
	38			36
n	39	Chorus:	n	37	\|Chorus:
				38	\|I [G] don’t know why she’s leaving or where she’s gonna go
				39	\|I [C] guess she’s got her reasons but I just don’t wanna know.
				40	\|’Cos for [D7] twenty-four years I’ve been living next door to [G] Alice. [D7]
				41	\|[G] Twenty-four years just waiting for the chance
				42	\|To [C] tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance,
				43	\|Now I’ve [D] got to get used to not [C] living next [D] door to [G] Alice. [D7]
	40			44
	41	Outro:		45	Outro:
t	42	No I’ll [D] never get used to not [C] living next door to [G*] Alice.	t	46	No I’ll [D] never get used to not [C] living next [D*] door to [G////////////] Alice.
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	44	Charted by kristybirdsmith

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