Tom: Am
Em G D Am
C G D
[ Verse 1 ]
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Maybe you forgot, but I remember a time
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When those shoes under your bed, they used to be mine
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And it's funny how things change, how they come and they go
[ Chorus ]
Am C D Em
I don't fit into those shoes... ...I can't wear them any... more
[ Main Theme ]
Em G D Am
C G D
[Verse 2]
Em G D
I should have seen it comin', cause I'm old enough to know
Am C G D
When those shoes were all the rage such a long long time ago
C E Am D G Em
And it's funny how things change, & what a grown man can see
Am C G D
When ruthless time and circumstances bring him to his knees
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And all the lines being drawn become a question of degrees
[ Chorus ]
Am C D C
Those shoes may suit you fine..... they're no longer right for me
[ Bridge ]
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Oh.... I have been to the dance I've gone around a time or two
F C
And I am grateful for the music that has brought me here to you
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And though I step out of the circle it won't stop and never will
[ Chorus ]
A C D Em
Cause you can't resist those... shoes...and I can't make time ... stand still
[Verse 3]
Em G D
Oh, maybe I'll be strong enough to hold out for awhile
Am C G D
Some victims of fash-ion can't come right back into style
C G Em
But I won't waste many tears regretting things that we may lose
[ Chorus ]
Am C Am D
Someone was breaking in new dreams... while I was wearing out
E Em
Those shoes
[ Outro ]
Em
Ohh, those shoes.
D G Em
Ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh