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© Sean McGaughey
May-June 2017
For my parents, Sharon and Raymond McGaughey on their 50th anniversary.

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Story of Two
© Sean McGaughey
May-June 2017
For my parents, Sharon and Raymond McGaughey on their 50th anniversary

G Bm C Am G D

V1
G
A couple of kids,
Bm
suitcases packed
C Am
A ladder through a milk door
G D
A Volkswagon Fastback
G
Across the state line
Bm
A judge nobody knew
C Am
A license, a promise
G D
A story of two

V2
The first years were hard
Paychecks were few
A boy came along
another made two
A couple of daughters
The family grew
Write another chapter
in a story of two

Chorus
C
One and one add up
Em
to much more than two
C
From love for each other
Em
A family grew
C Am
Good outweighed the hard times
Bm
They somehow scraped through
C Am
Adds up to a lifetime
G D
a story of two
V3
A house too full
for all of the troupe
An addition was built
It was not a chicken-coop
But then we moved on
From a town we outgrew
To replant and bloom
Is the story of two.

Chorus
Bridge
Bm
Half a century
C
Three generations
Bm
A dozen houses
C D
Too many cars to mention
Bm
Some days were long
C
But some years they flew
Am Am/G
Turned into more
G D
Than a story of two

V4
The kids walked in gowns
in provinces three
Then scattered each way
Across the country
Grandbabes arrived
The cycle renewed
Blood is thicker than highways
In this story of two.

Chorus

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A couple of kids,
suitcases packed
A ladder through a milk door
A Volkswagon Fastback

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from Life's Lessons I'll Never Learn, released November 16, 2017
Sean McGaughey: Guitar, Vocals, Midi Keyboards, Bass
Nick Howell: Drums

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Sean McGaughey Ontario

I am a folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and children's entertainer in Simcoe County Ontario. By day, I am a mild-mannered Elementary School teacher-librarian.

Since 2013, I have been participating the the February Album Writing Month Challenge at fawm.org to write 14 songs in February.

This year I challenged myself to up my musicianship and production values. This is the result. ... more

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