Love Wore A Halo Back Before The War Chords by Emmylou Harris

[Intro]

E
 
 
[Verse]

E                        
She owned a hotel 
       A      E
on the Jersey shore
B                                           
She made her living 
                        E
sending sailors door to door
E                           
He was the small one 
       A       E
with a crooked smile
       B                                                        
Oh, he made her 

eyes light up like 
                             E
the heavens on the fourth of July
 
 
[Verse]

E                                
She ran the numbers they 
        A       E
say she ran 'em clean
      B                                               
Those porcelain hands could 
                          
keep a ledger 
            E
even in her sleep
E                                  
While he worked the 
               A     E
Seabees in the Philippines
             B                                       
They say she made more money 
                        E
than you or I will ever see
 
 
[Chorus]

E                      
Love was an anchor on 
    A      E
the Jersey shore  
                        B                                          
If you were looking for love, boys, 
                               E
you could've found it in forty-four
                             
Cause love wore a halo back 
  A        E
before the war
         B                                                    
When the men loved the women and 
                             E
the women knew what men were for
 
 
[Fiddle]

E   A  
E   B   E
A   E   B   E
 
 
[Verse]

E                            
It was in the winter 
        A         E
when he came back home
          B                                           
He had to hold those porcelain 
                       E
hands just to keep her warm
                                      
So, they had a daughter they 
          A         E
named her Stephanie Anne
         
Hey, 
     B                         
they sent her off to Vassar to 
                      E
find herself a family man 
 
 
[Verse]

E                            
Now, 
                        A          E
she sold the hotel it belongs to me
              B                                            
I watch those sailors come and 
                            E
go like the waves in the seas
                                    
I've hung their portraits 
          A            E
up in the honeyoon suite
               B                                       
I hear they're fishin' 
                    
their lives away in 
            E
the Florida Keys 
 
 
[Chorus]

E                     
Love was an anchor on 
    A      E
the Jersey shore
                        B                                          
If you were looking for love, boys, 
                               E
you could've found it in forty-four
                             
Cause love wore a halo back 
  A        E
before the war
         B                                                    
When the men loved the women and 
                             E
the women knew what men were for
                     
Love was an anchor on 
    A      E
the Jersey shore
                        B                                          
If you were looking for love, boys, 
                               E
you could've found it in forty-four
                            
Cause love wore a halo back 
  A        E
before the war
         B                                                    
When the men loved the women 
                   
and the women knew  
              E
what men were for
 
 
[Outro]
         B                                                    
When the men loved 

the women and 
               
the women knew 
              E
what men were for
         B                                                    
When the men loved

 the women and 
                
the women knew 
              E
what men were for

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ℹ️ About This Song

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: E
• Chords: E, A, B
• BPM: 81
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
E – 022100 A – x02220 B – x24432	E – 1402 A – 2100 B – 4222

Track Info

• Song: Love Wore A Halo Back Before The War
• Artist: Emmylou Harris
• Released Date: 10 August 2023