Key: Gb major
Verse 1
Bb
Eb
Am
Eb
A
Am
A
C
C
She drove a big
Ab
G
A
C
F
ol' Lincoln with suicide doors
C
And a sewing machine in the back
Eb
C
And a light bulb that looked
like an alligator egg
Was mounted up front on
the hood
Verse 2
C
And she had an Easter bonnet that had been
A
D
C
signed by Tennessee Ernie Ford
C
And she always had saw
Bb
dust in her hair
Ab
And she cut two holes in the
C
A
back of her dress
Bb
G
And she had these scapular wings
C
That were covered with
D
feathers and electrical tape
C
D
A
And when she got good and drunk
She would sing about
Ab
Elkheart, Indiana
Where the wind is strong
C
Bb
and folks mind their own business
Eb
C
F
And she had at
Verse 3
C
least a hundred old baseballs
D
that she'd taken from kids
F
And she collected bones of all kinds
Ab
And she lived in a trail
C
er under a bridge
Eb
Bb
And she made her own whiskey and gave
C
cigarettes to kids
And she'd been struck by lightning
seven or eight times
Gm
G
D
Eb
And she hated the mention of rain
Gb
C
And she made up her own lan
Verse 4
Eb
guage
D
And she wore rubber boots
And she could fix anything with string
Eb
And her lips were like cherries
C
G
And she was stronger than any man
Bb
Eb
And she smelled like gasol
Bb
ine and Rootbeer Fizz
A
C
And she put mud on a bee sting
D
B
Bb
I got at the creek
D
A
C
And she gave me my very first kiss
Bb
And she gave me my
Am
A
very first kiss
Verse 5
Bb
C
Talking 'bout my little
A
Am
Adim
Kathleen
Ebdim
F
C
Am
She's just a fine young thing
D
Cdim
C
D
Someday she'll wear my ring
Bb
D
My little Kathleen
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