1982
By Randy Travis
Intro: E D A/E E A
A D
Operator please connect me with nineteen eighty two
E D E A E
I need to make apologies for what I ___ didn't do
A D
Bm
I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through
E
A
And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to
c:
E
They say hind sights twenty, twenty
A D A
But I'm nearly going blind
B7
>From staring at her photograph
E
And wishing she was mine
A
It's that same ole lost love story
D Bm
It's sad, but it's true
E
There was a time when she was mine
A
In nineteen eighty two
A D
Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp
E D E A E
One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely man
A D Bm
Back into the wasted years of my living past
E
A
I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last
repeat chorus:
E
Losing my mind going back in time
A D A E A
Two nineteen eighty two