Key: Gb major
Verse 1
B
E
A#m
E
A#
A#m
A#
C#
C#
She drove a big
A
G#
A#
C#
F#
ol' Lincoln with suicide doors
C#
And a sewing machine in the back
E
C#
And a light bul b 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
B
dust in her hair
A
And she cut two holes in the
C#
A#
back of her dress
B
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
A
Elkheart, Indiana
Where the wind is strong
C#
B
and folks mind their own business
E
C#
F#
And she had at
Verse 3
C#
least a hundred old baseballs
D#
that she'd taken from kid s
F#
And she collected bones of all kinds
A
And she lived in a trail
C#
er under a bridge
E
B
And she made her own whiskey and gave
C#
cigarettes to kids
And she'd been struck by lightning
seven or eight times
G#m
G#
D#
E
And she hated the mention of rain
G
C#
And she made up her own lan
Verse 4
E
guage
D#
And she wore rubber boots
And she could fix anything with string
E
And her lips were like cherries
C#
G#
And she was stronger than any man
B
E
And she smelled like gasol
B
ine and Rootbeer Fizz
A#
C#
And she put mud on a bee sting
D#
C
B
I got at the creek
D#
A#
Db
And she gave me my very first kiss
B
And she gave me my
A#m
A#
very first kiss
Verse 5
B
Db
Talking 'bout my little
Bb
Bbm
Bbdim
Kathleen
Edim
Gb
Db
Bbm
She's just a fine young thing
Eb
Dbdim
Db
Eb
Someday she'll wear my ring
B
D#
My little Kathleen
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