Biography:
Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942 in South Gate, California) is an American country pop singer and songwriter. He is best known for a string of Countrypolitan hits throughout the 1980s, as well as for his hit "God Bless the USA".
Early life
After the separation of his parents, Lee grew up in Sacramento on the poultry farm of his grandparents. At the age of seven, he began playing the saxophone, and at the age of nine became a member of a dance ensemble.
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[Verse]
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus G C Csus C
She stood before God, her family and friends and vowed that she'd never love anyone else again, only me
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus G
As pure as her gown of white, she stood by my side and promised that she'd love me till the day she died
Csus C Csus C Fsus F G7
Lord, please forgive her, even though she lied, 'cause you're the only one who knows just how hard she tried
[Chorus]
Csus C Csus Fsus F Fsus F
She had a ring on her finger and time on her hands, the woman in her needed the warmth of a man
Gsus G Gsus G
The gold turned cold in her wedding band
Dm G7 C Csus C Csus C Csus C Csus
It's just a ring on your finger when there's time on your hands
[Verse]
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus
When I add up all the countless nights she cried herself to sleep and all the broken promises I somehow
G C Csus C
failed to keep, I can't blame her
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus G
I'm the one who left her too many times alone in a three-bedroom prison she tried to make a home
Csus C Csus C
Her love slowly died but the fire inside still burned,
Fsus F G7
and the arms of a stranger was the only place left to turn
[Chorus]
Csus C Csus Fsus F Fsus F
She had a ring on her finger and time on her hands, the woman in her needed the warmth of a man
Gsus G Gsus G
The gold turned cold in her wedding band
Dm G7
It's just a ring on your finger when there's time
[Outro]
Csus C Csus Fsus F Fsus F
She had ring on her finger and time on her hands, the woman in her needed the warmth of a man
Gsus G Gsus G
The gold turned cold in her wedding band
Dm G7 C Csus C Csus
It's just a ring on your finger when there's time on your hands
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus G C Csus C
She stood before God, her family and friends and vowed that she'd never love anyone else again, only me
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus G
As pure as her gown of white, she stood by my side and promised that she'd love me till the day she died
Csus C Csus C Fsus F G7
Lord, please forgive her, even though she lied, 'cause you're the only one who knows just how hard she tried
[Chorus]
Csus C Csus Fsus F Fsus F
She had a ring on her finger and time on her hands, the woman in her needed the warmth of a man
Gsus G Gsus G
The gold turned cold in her wedding band
Dm G7 C Csus C Csus C Csus C Csus
It's just a ring on your finger when there's time on your hands
[Verse]
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus
When I add up all the countless nights she cried herself to sleep and all the broken promises I somehow
G C Csus C
failed to keep, I can't blame her
Fsus F Fsus F Gsus G Gsus G
I'm the one who left her too many times alone in a three-bedroom prison she tried to make a home
Csus C Csus C
Her love slowly died but the fire inside still burned,
Fsus F G7
and the arms of a stranger was the only place left to turn
[Chorus]
Csus C Csus Fsus F Fsus F
She had a ring on her finger and time on her hands, the woman in her needed the warmth of a man
Gsus G Gsus G
The gold turned cold in her wedding band
Dm G7
It's just a ring on your finger when there's time
[Outro]
Csus C Csus Fsus F Fsus F
She had ring on her finger and time on her hands, the woman in her needed the warmth of a man
Gsus G Gsus G
The gold turned cold in her wedding band
Dm G7 C Csus C Csus
It's just a ring on your finger when there's time on your hands
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