Key: Gb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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side of the Highway 4 exit
A lady in tie- dye,
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a bag by her side
Not really lookin' like anything special
Saw Tennessee tags and she
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waved for a ride
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Verse 2
Sat right beside me as the meter
hit sixty
'Splainin' her travels and
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her family background
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When she got through I
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could not help but thinkin'
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She's a long way from a West Nashville grand
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ballroom gown
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Verse 3
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Father had money and her mother
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had love
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Channelled entirely to her dear
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sister Dove
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Twenty- two years in society's plan
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Was cancelled in the swing of
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her dear mother's hand
Verse 4
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Six hours later we hit Cincinnati
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Yawnin',
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she woke and then asked where we were
When she found out,
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she said I must be goin'
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This close to Nashville
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was too close for her
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Verse 5
So I stopped by the roadside
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and I gave her five dollars
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She took it then kissed me and
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gave me a note
She told me just to read it then
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mail it in Nashville
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She
Verse 6
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said, "Mama I'm fine
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if you happen to wonder
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but I still get around
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thirty- six Sundays
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ballroom gowns"
Verse 7
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Yes she's a long way from a West Nashville grand ballroom
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gown
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# B C# E G#m...
F#
B
C#
E
G#m
D#m
Capo: 4
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