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My first contribution on here as I noticed this song was missing.
It s a beautiful song and straightforward to play albeit I use a capo at
Fret1 because it suits my voice better. I also find these better chords to
use than those Harry Chapin uses as he seems to play it open fret in D (you
can achieve this with by putting the capo at Fret 2). The only other change
is he changes key for the last verse but that doesn t work for me. Anyhow
here it is and I hope it works for you.
PM
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Mail Order Annie (Harry Chapin)
Fret 1 or 2 (Chapin plays it in D)
Intro:
At first I did not think it could be you
But you re the only one that got off the train
So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey, yes, yes
I must be your husband. Yes, I m Harry Crane
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can t you see I m tryin
To tell you that I m glad you re here
You who are the woman
Who s come to be my wife
You know you re not as pretty as I dreamed you d be
But then I m not no handsome fancy Dan
And out here looks are really not important, no, no
It s what s inside a woman when she s up against the land
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can t you see I m tryin
To tell you that I m glad you re here
You who are the woman
Who s come to be my wife
You know it s not no easy life you re entering
The winter wind comes whistlin through the cracks there in the sod
You know you ll never have too many neighbours
There s you babe, and there s me, and there s God
You know I m just a dirt man from the North Dakota plains
You re one girl from the city who s been thrown out on her own
And I m standing here not sure of what to say to you
Ceptin mail order Annie, let s you and me go home
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life
Mail order Annie, can t you see I m tryin
To tell you that I m glad you re here
You who are the woman
Who s come to be my wife
