Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Hey guys, this is my first guitar tab! Sorry if there are any mistakes, I've tried to stick as close to the original as possible. I've made this an easy version to play, hence the need for a capo on the 4th fret. If you prefer to play this song the more challenging way, along with the original, transpose the piece down by -4 and remove the capo. I hope you all enjoy this tab, feel free to leave any questions or positive/negative feedback to help me improve! Thanks, Anna Chords used: Cmaj7 (Can be substituted with a normal C chord) G D Em C Strumming Pattern: I'd play whatever is comfortable though I just continually play: DDDUUUUD and DDUUDDDD after each G chord Lyrics/Chords: CAPO 4 * ONE STRUM *Cmaj7 Tom was born in 1942 With eyes of blue And the doctors said

That his birth was far too ^Gfast His ^Cmaj7heart stopped twice

But yet he survived As he took his first breath

His mother took her ^Glast And his ^Cmaj7father knew that he wasn't to blame

But he never quite looked at Tom the same

After ^Gthat And he ^Cmaj7rarely spoke about her But when he ^Ddid He said, "Your mother used to say ^Gthis

"When the ^Cmaj7skies are looking bad my dear And your heart's lost all its hope

After dawn there will be sunshine And all the dust will go

The ^Gskies will clear my darling I'll wake up with the one I love the most C *D And in the morning, I'll make you up ^GSome tea and toast."

Well, they ^Cmaj7met through a friend Who introduced them And the first thing Tom said was, "Would you like to ^Gdance?" They ^Cmaj7moved with each other

And when the music got slower

He said, "Don't let go of my ^Ghand." He said, "It's ^Cmaj7only polite if I ask you tonight Would it be alright, if I could walk you ^Ghome?" That night he ^Cmaj7told her of his birth

And he said when it hurt

He thought about what his mother said about tea and ^Gtoast

Well, ^Cmaj7two quick years went by They were side by ^Dside And ^Cmaj7without a plan they conceived a little ^Dchild He said, ^Cmaj7"Woman, I love you and this you know But I only ^Dearn enough for our food and clothes But ^EmI love you and this baby until the day that I die." She said, ^Cmaj7"We'll take care of this little life And we'll ^Dfall in love with her baby blue eyes And ^Emwe'll be alright from some advice that I know." She said, ^Cmaj7"I never got to meet her But if I ^Ddid, I'm sure your mother would have said ^Gthis

"When the ^Cmaj7skies are looking bad my dear And your heart's lost all its hope

After dawn there will be sunshine And all the dust will go

The ^Gskies will clear my darling We'll show this baby all the love we know C *D And in the morning, I'll make you up Some tea and toast.^G"

Well, he^Cmaj7 took those words And he made them proud He worked ^Dday after day

And hour after hour

So that ^Emthey could buy a little house just on the outside of town Their ^Cmaj7little girl grew up and so did they They said ^Dthat they loved each other everyday And ^Emforty years later, that brings us to now

And as they're ^Cmaj7walking down the street Her grip loosens on his hand He puts his ^Darm around her side as she falls to the ground He hears her ^Embreathing and that's the only sound Her ^Cmaj7body on the floor attracts a worried crowd Tears ^Droll off his face as he says, "Don't let go,^Em now."

And he's ^Cmaj7sitting by her bed in the hospital ward Then their ^Ddaughter walks in with a family of her ^Emown She says, "^Cmaj7Dad, I don't know if she can hear you now But there's ^Done thing mum would want you to ^Emknow."

"When the ^Cmaj7skies are looking bad my dear And your heart's lost all its hope

After dawn there will be sunshine And all the dust will go

The ^Gskies will clear my darling Now it's time for you to let go C *D Our girl'll wake you up in the mornin' *G with some tea and toast."

Lucy Spraggan - Tea and toast