Quonette McGraw (From Smackover, Arkansas) chords by Joe Stampley

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Verse 1
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Cornet McGraw from Smackover,
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Arkansas
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Strange things happen in this life
I'm going west on Interstate
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Just the other side of Memphis
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I found a little truck stop on my way
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I drove all night and I fell asleep
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and I needed me a cup of coffee
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I got out, walked in and I had a seat
I looked up and behind the counter
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was a pretty little blonde -haired waitress
I said, honey, come over,
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won't you wait on me?
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She looked up with big blue eyes
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and put her head right on my shoulder
She said, baby,
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I bet you're from Tennessee
We talked a while and I knew right off
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that she had had a bad life
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No man had ever shown her tenderness
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But I had to love this good woman lady
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And I'm gonna show her
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a better life
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That's just the story about
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two simple people
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Strange things happen in this life
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Quannette McGraw from Smackle,
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Arkansas
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She's a mother and she's my wife
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That's just the story about
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two simple people
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Strange things happen in this life you