Drive-In Movies and Dashboard Lights chords by Nanci Griffith
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) Sister had a crys (G major) tal voice
She played a (D major) Silverstone from Mont
(G major) gomery Ward
(D major) Baez songs and Mon (G major) roe hair
She (D major) sure could turn the boys (G major) heads
to stare (F sharp minor)
Swimwear saunter, tan (B minor) and haunt them
Was (G major) all she learned in school (A major)
(F sharp minor) Books were for the (B minor) oth er girls
And the (G major) other girls were fools (A major)
(G major) Texas back in (F sharp minor) '69 was drive (B minor) in movies
and dash (G major) board lights
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 2
(G major)
(D major) Father waltzed her down (G major) the aisle
Cause col (D major) lege didn't suit (G major) her style
The (D major) sad truth was she could (G major) barely read
But if you (D major) told dear father,
well he (G major) wouldn't believe you
The (F sharp minor) telephone rang and drove
(B minor) mother insane
From all the (G major) hearts left on the shelf (A major)
(F sharp minor) Sisters gone and she won't
(B minor) be home
Cause she (G major) didn't take care of her (A major) self
(G major) Texas back in (F sharp minor) '69 was drive (B minor) in
movies and dash (G major) board lights
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Verse 3
(G major)
Where is she now (A major)
The back (D major) seat queen of fra (B minor) ternity
(G major) Where is she now (A major)
She's (D major) heavy on thigh
And light (B minor) on integrity
(G major) Someone should have told (A major) her
When beau (D major) ty's (A major) all you (B minor) of fer
How (G major) soon the world discov (A major) ers
That your beauty's gone (D major) (G major)
Its (D major) gone (G major)
Verse 4
(D major) Mother can't you hear your
daugh (G major) ter crying (D major) (G major)
(D major) Father wake up her youth (G major) is dying (D major) (G major)
The (D major) kids are gone
Husband (G major) s gone away (D major) (G major)
And its a (D major) shame cause she had
such a (G major) lovely face (D major) (G major)
(F sharp minor) Can't you see she needed (B minor) more than
(G major) "Oh what a pretty child" (A major)
(F sharp minor) You never taught her truth (B minor) from lie
All you (G major) told her was to (A major) smile
(G major) Texas back in (F sharp minor) '69 was drive (B minor) in
movies and dash (G major) board lights
Verse 5
(G major)
Where is she now (A major)
The back (D major) seat queen of fra (B minor) ternity
(G major) Where is she now (A major)
She's heavy (D major) on thigh
And light (B minor) on integrity
(G major) Someone should have told (A major) her
When beau (D major) ty's (A major) all you of (B minor) fer
How (G major) soon the world discov (A major) ers
That your beauty's gone (D major) (G major)
Its (D major) gone (G major)
Verse 6
(D major) Texas back in (G major) '69 was drive (D major) in movies
and dash (G major) board (D major) lights. (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
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