G                          G                                   C 
 
I work down at Ashbury Hills, Minimum wage but it pays the bills cleaning  
                               G      G                            G    
floors, and leading hyms on sunday. Katherine Davis room 303, the sweetest  
                              Em               D         C 
soul you ever could meet. I bring her morning coffee everyday. 
 
                 C                         G             C    
 She calls me Raymond. She thinks I'm her son, tells me get washed up for  
                 D                        C 
supper for your daddy gets home. She goes on about the weather and how she 
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can't believe it's already 1943. She calls me Raymond, and that's alright by 
Am 
me 
 
                  G                                   G 
She talks about clothes on the line the summer air, Christmas morning and  
                           C                                G 
Thanksgiving prayer and stories of the family that I never had. Well  
    Em              D                     C 
sometimes I find myself wishing I'd been there  
 
                   C                              G 
When she call's me Raymond....... and it's alright by me 
 
      
           Em                                    C                   F 
There's a small white cross in Arlington, reads Raymond Davis '71. Until she 
                              C 
can see his face again, I'm gonna fill in the best I can 
 
  
                   C               C#m             G           
 
When she calls me Raymond.....and that's alright by me. She call's me  
  C                            Am 
Raymond, and that's alright by me. 
 
Strum through and song ends on G  
 
It's a beautiful song. Hope you enjoy it.