Milly's Cafe chords by Fred Eaglesmith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
They put up a sign for the very last time
A 
At Milly's Cafe
They loaded their stuff into the car
D 
And they drove away
Milly looked back for one last time
G 
And when she turned around,
she was crying

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Verse 2
D 
A 
Billy just listened to the song
D 
s the radio played
They drove all the way from
A 
Fort Worth to Amarillo
When Milly woke up she had
D 
makeup all over her pillow
Billy had stopped at Easy Pawn
G 
And bought them up a couple of guns
D 
Tomorrow, he said,
A 
D 
was gonna be a brand new day

Verse 3
D 
A 
Billy and Milly tore up the
entire West
They started holding up liquor stores
D 
and then they turned to banks
And it wasn't very long, you know
G 
Their picture was on the post office wall
D 
A 
And it seemed that the whole world
D 
was looking for them

Verse 4
G 
And the roads just get rougher
D 
Out in West Texas
A 
The cowboys are tougher
D 
And the young girls are restless
G 
And the winds take the towns
D 
And there ain't any signs
A 
But there's always a hill to climb
On the West Texas skyline
D 

Verse 5
D 
A 
Milly was raised by Christians in Aberdeen
Her father was a preacher in the
D 
biggest church you ever did see
When word came down
about Milly and Billy
G 
He made a call up to New York City
D 
He said for some boys to come
A 
D 
down and set things straight
He met Milly in El Paso
A 

Verse 6
Underneath a tree in the parking
D 
lot of the motel
And the next day when Billy
went in the bank
G 
She started the car and
she drove away
D 
When Billy came out,
A 
he never had a chance
D 

Verse 7
G 
And the roads just get rougher
D 
Out in West Texas
A 
The cowboys are rougher
D 
And the young girls are restless
G 
And the winds take the towns
D 
And there ain't any signs
A 
But there's always a hill to climb
D 
On the West Texas skyline

Interlude 1

Verse 8
D 
Put up the sign one more time
A 
At Milly's cafe
They loaded the stuff out of
D 
the car and into the doorway
Milly looked back the one last time
G 
And when she turned
around she was crying
D 
A 
Her daddy just got in his car
and he drove away
D 

Verse 9
G 
And the roads just get rougher
D 
Out in West Texas
A 
Cowboys are tougher
D 
But the young girls are restless
And the winds takes the town
G 
D 
And there ain't any signs
A 
There's always a hill to climb
D 
On the West Texas skyline
A 
There's always a hill to climb
D 
On the West Texas skyline