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I Saw Her

from Late Bloomer by Jan Hauenstein

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I Saw Her Words Fred Grittner/Music Jan Hauenstein

I (Em)saw her
In a (Am)back alley bar,
Where the (D)cheap clientele
Were (E)way below par.
I (A)saw her
In a (Am)North Country dive,
Where (C)only the lonely
(B7/D#)Come out alive,
(Em9)Flanked by her lovers in (Dj7)deep camouflage,
(Cj7)Trailed by her agents, a (Bbj7/F)bleak entourage,
(Cj7)All so intent on cre(Am)ating a mirage,
(Am/E) Then (Dm6)vanishing into the (E)night. (E/G) (Am) (Dm6) (Am) (Fj7) (G)
(G/A)(G/B)(Am) (hold)

I (Em)saw her
On a (Am)New England beach,
(D)Reading Flaubert
And (E)eating a peach.
I (A)saw her
(Am)Searching for gold,
(C)Panning out something
That (B7/D#)later was sold.
(Em9)So captivating, the (Dj7)talk of the town,
A (Cj7)face and a memory, of (Bbj7/F)borrowed renown,
In (Cj7)jeans and a t-shirt or (Am)haute couture gown. (Am/E) The (Dm6)cameras keep clicking a(E)way. (E/G)

I (Am)saw her,
I (Dm6)saw her,
I (Am7)saw her,
I (Fj7)saw her…

(Am)Isolation breeds (Em)mystery,(Em9)
Be(Am)hind the image there (Fj7)may be (Fadd9)(hold)less to (Am)see,
(E)So much (E/G)less (E/B)to (Am)see.(Am/G) (Am) (Dm6) (Am) (Fj7) (G)
(G/A)(G/B)(Am) (hold)

I (Em)saw her
On a (Am)magazine stack,
(D)Scaling a mountain
In (E)Northeast Iraq.
I (A)saw her,
And I’ll (Am)see her again,
(C)Media junkies
(B7/D#)Crave heroines. (Em9) (Em)

I (Am)saw her,
I (Dm6)saw her,
I (Am7)saw her,
I (Fj7)saw her… (Fadd9) (Am)

Words © Fred Grittner 1979, music Jan Hauenstein, Goettingen, 16 February 2009

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

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from Late Bloomer, released August 11, 2009

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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