Owen Temple - The Wanna Wanna Bar guitar chord

Owen Temple

The Wanna Wanna Bar

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A seagull cry a child laughs an old man orders a drink

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It’s been ten years since he got here and it hurts to think

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That years ago at this beachside bar a woman held his hand

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And he lost his chance for true romance on South Padre Island

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Well the woman’s name was Mary Ann and Gary loved her so

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He said be my wife for the rest of your life and she said no

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Well old Gary he was from Indiana all his life a travellin’ man

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He had a dog and a boat and he would float and fish around that old island

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He’s stuck at Wanna Wanna the beachfront bar sippin’ on a coke and rum

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The tide rolls in his dreams die out waitin’ on a love that won’t come

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True love never will come

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Years ago in California Gary loved a girl named Sue

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She and three more wives told him lies when they said I do

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And this last one took the money and the things Cary cared about

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She took the dog and the boat now he can’t float cause she walked out

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Gary looks out at the Gulf and he squints his eyes

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Thinkin’ again of what might have been without them hard goodbyes

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But Gary’s got lots of stories about people and places he’s been

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“Yeah I’ve had a few of them good times too” he said with a grin

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And Gary’s still down there on Padre a little sad but he’s alright

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If you head this way on some Sunday he’ll drink with you all night