Raymond Cifras

The intro heard is a simple pick played off an Am. There is a second guitar
playing a G-chord pic. The best way to play the intro with one guitar is to strum
an A-m and hammer on the pointer finger then pull off the pointer when switching to G. CAPO 3RD
 
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I work down at Ashbury Hills, Minimum wage but it pays the bills cleaning
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floors, and leading hyms on sunday. Katherine Davis room 303, the sweetest 
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soul you ever could meet. I bring her morning coffee everyday.
 
 
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 She calls me Raymond. She thinks I'm her son, tells me get washed up for 
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supper for your daddy gets home. She goes on about the weather and how she
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can't believe it's already 1943. She calls me Raymond, and that's alright by
Am
me
 
 
 
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She talks about clothes on the line the summer air, Christmas morning and 
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Thanksgiving prayer and stories of the family that I never had. Well 
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sometimes I find myself wishing I'd been there 
 
 
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When she call's me Raymond....... and it's alright by me
 
 
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There's a small white cross in Arlington, reads Raymond Davis '71. Until she
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can see his face again, I'm gonna fill in the best I can
 
 
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When she calls me Raymond.....and that's alright by me. She call's me
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Raymond, and that's alright by me.
 
Strum through and song ends on G.
 
It's a beautiful song. Hope you enjoy it.
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