Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 I can see the kitchen light

 From the road where I park my bike

 But it's dark there as it often is these days

 And the gloomy living room

 Really needs a dust and broom

 But I can't brush your memory away

[One bar of G7 after verses 1 & 3; one bar of C7 after verses 2 & 4]

Verse 2

Her father was an admiral

In someone else's navy

And she had seen the world before I met her

She would wash and cook and clean

And all the other things between

And like a fool I just sat there and let her

Chorus 1

 Now I can feed and dress and wash myself

 And sleep without the light on

Honey, I'm a big boy now

 I don't know what she does

 With all the money that I send her

 She's running 'round the town with the young pretender

Verse 3

I haven't touched the garden

Since the day she walked away

From a love affair that bore only bitter fruit

She took everything she wanted

Which is why she left me here

With these pots and pans and my old wedding suit

Verse 4

A letter came one morning

That she would not let me see

And from that day I began to realize

That she would one day break

The home we tried to make

For sinners cannot live in paradise

Chorus 2

Now I can feed and dress and wash myself

And sleep without the light on

Honey, I'm a big boy now

I don't know what she does

With all the money that I send her

She's running 'round the town with the young pretender

[one bar of G7]

 I don't know what she does

 With all the money that I send her

 She's running 'round the town with the young pre-tender