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Russell - Mineral Wells guitar tab

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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 23:26:34 -0400

From: Greg Yuriy

To: acoustic@olga.net, guitar@olga.net

Subject: CRD: Mineral Wells by Tom Russell

Mineral Wells

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by: Tom Russell

written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music

(capo 3rd fret)

Intro:

G (alternate between |320003| and |302003| intro only)

G

She was livin' in a cadillac

G

Bedded down in the back seat

G D

On a back street of the Hollywood hills

D

With a shoebox museum of memories

D G

Old photos and medical bills

G

She'd been a great actress in two dozen movies

G G7 C

Played Shakespeare on the great London stage

C G

Before the three husbands, six kids and bad breaks

G D G

Of fifty-eight odd years of age

G

Him they called fat boy wore grey overalls

G D

And he clocked in at four hundred pounds

D

With a passion for food and film magazines

D G

He'd been a great critic downtown

G

He'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face

G G7 C

Heard her story and took her on in

C G

Though she bore no resemblance to the star he adored

G D G G7

The film's over before real life begins

Chorus:

G7 C

She told him of a fountain of youth

C D

In the hot Texas earth

D C

It'll heal and renew us

C D

It's somewhere west of Fort Worth

D C

And she met Errol Flynn there

C G C

In the Crazy Water Hotel

C Am

And they danced down the street

Am D C

In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells

G (alternate between |320003| and |302003|)

G

So they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain

G D

Fat boy and the aging film queen

D

Through the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas

D G

Amarillo plain to Abilene

G

They got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee

G G7 C

Caught the local to old Mineral Wells

C G

And it dropped them in front of that boarded up palace

G D G

Called the Crazy Water Hotel

G

Disillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway

G D

Drank vodka from a styrofoam cup

D

There'd be no healing return to the past

D G

The fountain of youth had dried up

G

So the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka

G G7 C

As the great Texas sun rose and fell

C G

And drunk but still dreaming they waltzed down the street

G D G G7

In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells

Repeat Chorus

C Am

They danced down the street

Am D G C G D G

In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells

>From the album The Long Way Around 1997 Hightone Records

Live duet with Katy Moffatt

Transcribed by Greg Yuriy

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