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Mattea Kathy - Love At The Five & Dime guitar tab

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I finally figured this out right...the version I've been sending out for the

past couple years was really lame. Sorry.

I was only able to properly figure this out by recording it on a Macintosh

and then slowing it down to half-speed with SoundEdit! 'Twas a royal PAIN,

so I hope everyone appreciates it. :)

By the way, this is transcribed from _One_Fair_Summer_Evening_. I don't

know if the studio version is any different...

Adam

LOVE AT THE FIVE AND DIME (Nanci Griffith)

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[Open G tuning (DGDGBD). Capo 3.]

[For the verses, see the tab at the end. For the chorus, I'm not sure

exactly how to finger the chords. I think it might be like this:

G=000000, Am7=x22012, Am7(4)=x20012.]

G Gsus2

Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair

C/G G

She really made the Woolworth counter shine

G Gsus2

Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer

C G

They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime

Eddie played the steel guitar, and his mama cried cuz he played in the bars

And kept young Rita out late at night

So they married up in Abilene, lost a child in Tennessee

Still that love survived, 'cause they'd sing

G Am7

Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now

G Am7(4)

Dance a little closer tonight

G Am7

Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time

Am7(4) G

And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine to Rita's hands

So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife

Oh but he was back by June, singin' a different tune

And sportin' miss Rita back by is side. And he sang...

Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now

Dance a little closer tonight

Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time

And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

Eddie traveled with the barroom bands till arthritis took his hands

Now he sells insurance on the side

Rita's got a house to keep, dimestore novels and a love so sweet

They dance to the radio late at night. And they sing:

Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now

Dance a little closer tonight

Dance a little closer to me, hey it's closing time

And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair

She really made the Woolworth counter shine

Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer

And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime...

TAB:

[Don't forget to tune your guitar to open G.]

[The 12 on the middle D string at the end of the sixth measure is

optional; sometimes she plays it, sometimes she doesn't.]

G Gsus2

D ----------------|----------------|--------------12|----------------|

B ------12------12|------12--------|--10------10----|----------------|

G ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

D --9-------9-----|--9-------9---12|------12--------|----------------|

G 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

C/G G

D ----------------|----------------|--------------12|----------------|

B ------8-------10|------8---------|----------0-----|----------------|

G --9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

D ----10------10--|----10--------12|----------------|----------------|

G 0-------0-------|0-------0---0---|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

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