Doris And Edwin

(Words in parentheses are spoken or sung outside of the musical

phrase)

DORIS & EDWIN: THE MOVIE

by Christine Lavin

The [D]first time that she saw him

was in the [G]office canteen

He was [Bb]buying a cup of coffee --

[A]three sugars and double cream

Two weeks later she saw him

at the ele[G]vator banks

His [A]hands were full, she held the doors for

[G]him and he said [D]thanks

Now she's in [Bm]love

For her it doesn't take [F#]much

She's in [Bm]love

But this is not your [A]ordinary office crush

For [Bm]she works in the [D]basement

[G]near the boiler room door

And [D]he works in [A]accounting

on the [G]37th [D]floor

Now I'm not [D]much of a mathematician

but even [G]I can see

That in a [Bb]building of 37 floors

and [A]four thousand employees

Her [D]chances of running into him were really

[G]not that good

Even though she [A]hung out at the canteen and rode the elevator

[G]every spare minute she [D]could

'Cause she's in [Bm]love

And she don't even know his [F#]name (it's Edwin)

She's in [Bm]love

Love can be [A]such a cruel cruel game

For [Bm]she works in the [D]basement

[G]near the boiler room door

And [D]he works in [A]accounting

on the [G]37th [D]floor

(And by the way, did I happen to mention...)

That when this [A]building was constructed

it was [Bm]done improperly

And [A]one day on the fourth floor

there was a [Bm]short in the electricity

It [A]burned up walls and desks and chairs

and [Bm]all the secretaries

And the [A]alarm did not go off until it

[Bm]reached floor 33

Floor thirty-[A]three, floor thirty-[Bm]three

(And on the upper floors people were running and screaming and

jumping out of windows to get away from the flames -- it was

gross)

Now the [A]woman in the basement,

[Bm]she ran up the stairs

Out the emergency exit

[Bm]into the fresh air

She looked up because just then

[Bm]it began to shower

That's [A]when she saw her true love coming...

one [Bm]hundred miles an hour

Oh-[A]oh, Oh [Bm]no....

I'm not [D]much of a mathematician,

but even [G]I can see

The [Bb]chances of him landing on her

were [A]very slim indeed (but he did!)

So they [D]buried them together

the [G]following day

And even [A]now when I ride the elevator

[G]I can hear someone [D]say

She was in [Bm]love

For her it didn't take [F#]much

She was in [Bm]love

But this was not your [A]ordinary office... crush

For [Bm]she worked in the [D]basement

[G]near the boiler room door

And [D]he worked in [A]accounting

on the [G]37th floor

She worked in the [D]basement

and [G]he the 37th floor

But [D]fate brought them to[A]gether,

they [G]flirted never[D]more

Nevermore, nevermore...

--

David

david6@netcom.com