Nanci Griffith - Drive In Movies guitar chord

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From: Erik Karlson

Drive in Movies and Dashboard Lights

Words and music by Nanci Griffith

As performed on her album "Storms"

Note: this is as Nanci spelled things on the album...no flames about

my spelling of the word "cuz"!!! :)

F Bb

Sister had a crystal voice

F Bb

She played a Silvertone from Montgomery Ward

F Bb

Baez songs and Monroe hair

F Bb

She sure could turn the boy's heads to stare

Am Dm

Swim wear saunter, tan and haunt them

Bb C

That's all she learned in school

Am Dm

Books were for the other girls

Bb C

And the other girls were fools

Bb C

Texas back in '69

Dm C Bb

Was drive-in movies and dashboard lights

F Bb

Father waltzed her down the aisle

F Bb

Cuz college didn't suit her style

F Bb

Sad truth was she could barely read

F Bb

But if you told poor father, well he wouldn't believe you

Am Dm

The telephone rang drove Mother insane

Bb C

With the hearts left on the shelf

Am Dm

Sister's gone and she won't be home

Bb C

Cuz she never took care of herself

Bb C

Texas back in '69

Dm C Bb

Was drive in movies and dashboard lights

Chorus:

Bb C

Where is she now?

F C Dm C

The backseat queen of fraternity

Bb C

Where is she now?

F C Dm C

She's heavy of thigh and light on integrity

Bb C

Someone should have told her

F C Dm

When beauty's all you offer

Bb C F Bb

Too soon the world discovers that your bueaty's gone

F Bb

(it's gone)

F Bb

Mother can't you hear your daughter crying

F Bb

Father wake up her youth is dying

F Bb

Her kids are grown...husband's gone away

F Bb

It's a shame cuz she had such a lovely face

Am Dm

Can't you see she needed more

Bb C

Than "Oh, what a pretty child!"

Am Dm

You never taught her truth from lie

Bb C

All you told her was to smile

Bb C

Texas back in '69

Dm C Bb

Was drive in movies and dashboard lights

Chorus

transcribed by Erik Karlsson

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