Not The One - Al Stewart
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         Intro
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         C   G F C   G F C  G F C 
         
                  F
         It's the kind of grey November day that washes away reflections
                  C
           in the eyes of hotel porters.
                 F
         And the latticed wooden benches by the sea contain no travellers
              C
           or Irish lady authors
                 Am                   G
         And the girl in the raincoat walks the lanes of Brighton
                    F                         C
           with her collar turned against the wind
             F                         Em7
         And hovers in the doorways of second-hand bookshops
            Dm7                        F
           among the dust and fading print
                    C G/B Am G F      C                   F
         And you're not           the one she's thinking of,
                    C G/B Am G F      C                F
         And you're not           the one she really wants;
         C    G/B  Am   G   F Em    Dm       F         C  G F C 
         Just a   point along the line she's leaving from.
         
         G F C  G F C
         
             F
         She goes into a cafe, orders tea, looks at the menu
                       C
           but there's nothing really on it.
                 F
         And the place is as deserted as a plaza in a heat wave,
                   C
           and the cloth has jam upon it.
                 Am                           G
         But the girl in the raincoat doesn't stop to count the tea-leaves
              F                                C
           or turn to see the mists around the sun,
                 F                   Em7
         For the winter's unfolding around her
                    Dm7              F
           and it's time for moving on.
                    C G/B Am G F      C                   F
         And you're not           the one she's thinking of,
                    C G/B Am G F      C                F
         And you're not           the one she really wants;
         C    G/B Am G     F Em    Dm       F         C  G F C
         Just a sta--tion on the line she's leaving from.
         
         G F C  G F C
         
         F
          And so you sit there in the middle of the carpet
                   C
           with her suitcases around you.
                F
         And it comes to you she journeyed to the centre of your life
                   C
           but she never really found you.
         Am                     G
         Just another girl in a raincoat
               F                         C
           who shared the passing of the days,
                    F                           Em7
         And you're glad of the warmth that she gave you,
                   Dm7             F
           and you hardly need to say
                    C G/B Am G F      C                    F
         That she's not           the one you're thinking of,
                   C G/B Am G F       C                F
         No, she's not            the one you really want;
         C    G/B  Am G   F Em    Dm        F         C  G F C
         Just a point along the line you're leaving from.
         
          G F C  G F C  Am G F
         
         
         The chord G/B is played :-
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         Ray Hewitt.
         R.A.Hewitt@man1301.wins.icl.co.uk