Late For Dinner (CHORDS) by Darryl Purpose
[Verse 1]~
Am G
Sheppard served in Pharaoh's Army Nineteen sixty-eight
F G Am
Came home with his body parts intact
G
Spent a year inside his room smoking cigarettes
F G Am
Never talked about it after that
[Verse 2]~
G
Shep and I got married on the day Nixon resigned
F G Am
Honeymooned down Mexicali way
G
Sometimes when he held me tight he'd look like he was blind
F G Am
Or staring at a graveyard far away
[Chorus]~
C G
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Dm A G
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
C G
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
F G Am
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
[Verse 3]~
G
For thirteen years my love grew for this solitary man
F G Am
Who reacted strong when anyone would cross me
G
With hard looks,, fisticuffs,, if it came to that
F G Am
He did the little things that said he loved me
[Verse 4]~
G
And in the morning he would cook for me and drop me off to work
F G Am
Kiss me on the cheek to start my day
G
There was no warning the last time,, he would not come no more
F G Am
There was no time to memorize his face
[Chorus]~
C G
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Dm A G
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
C G
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
F G Am
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
[Verse 5]~
Am G
Now I almost went to look for him,, but couldn't find the nerve
F G Am
Something there did not sit right with me
G
I realize this battle is not what I deserved
F G Am
Chasing Israelites through parted seas
[Chorus]~
C G
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Dm A G
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
C G
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
F G Am
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
Am G
Sheppard served in Pharaoh's Army Nineteen sixty-eight
F G Am
Came home with his body parts intact
G
Spent a year inside his room smoking cigarettes
F G Am
Never talked about it after that
[Verse 2]~
G
Shep and I got married on the day Nixon resigned
F G Am
Honeymooned down Mexicali way
G
Sometimes when he held me tight he'd look like he was blind
F G Am
Or staring at a graveyard far away
[Chorus]~
C G
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Dm A G
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
C G
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
F G Am
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
[Verse 3]~
G
For thirteen years my love grew for this solitary man
F G Am
Who reacted strong when anyone would cross me
G
With hard looks,, fisticuffs,, if it came to that
F G Am
He did the little things that said he loved me
[Verse 4]~
G
And in the morning he would cook for me and drop me off to work
F G Am
Kiss me on the cheek to start my day
G
There was no warning the last time,, he would not come no more
F G Am
There was no time to memorize his face
[Chorus]~
C G
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Dm A G
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
C G
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
F G Am
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
[Verse 5]~
Am G
Now I almost went to look for him,, but couldn't find the nerve
F G Am
Something there did not sit right with me
G
I realize this battle is not what I deserved
F G Am
Chasing Israelites through parted seas
[Chorus]~
C G
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Dm A G
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
C G
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
F G Am
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
