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Drive-In Movies and Dashboard Lights Chords

Music by: Nanci Griffith
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[Verse 1]
[D]Sis[G]ter[D] ha[G]d a[D] crystal voice[G]
She [D]played a Silverstone from Mont
[G]gomery Ward
[D]Baez songs and Mon[G]roe hair
She [D]sure could turn the boys [G]heads
to [F#m]stare
Swimwear saunter, tan [Bm]and haunt them
Was [G]all she learned in [A]school
[F#m]Books were for the [Bm]oth er girls
And the [G]other girls [A]were fools
[G]Texas back in [F#m]'69 wa[Bm]s drive in movies
[G]and dashboard lights
[D][G][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]
[D]Father waltzed her down the[G] aisle
Cause col[D]lege didn't [G]suit her style
The [D]sad truth was she could [G]barely read
But if you [D]told dear father,
well he [G]wouldn't believe you
The [F#m]telephone rang and drove
[Bm]mother insane
From all the [G]hearts left on the [A]shelf
[F#m]Sisters gone and she won't
[Bm]be home
Cause she [G]didn't take care of her[A]self
[G]Texas back in [F#m]'69 was drive in[Bm]
movies and dash[G]board lights

[Verse 3]
[G]
Where is she [A]now
[D]The backseat queen [Bm]of fraternity
[G]Where is she now[A]
She's [D]heavy on thigh
[Bm]And light on integrity
[G]Someone should have tol[A]d her
[D]When beauty's [A]all you [Bm]of fer
How [G]soon the world discov[A]ers
That your beauty's [D]gone[G]
Its [D]gone[G]

[Verse 4]
[D]Mother can't you hear your
[G]daughter [D]crying[G]
[D]Father wake up [G]her youth is [D]dying[G]
The [D]kids are gone
Husband[G]s gone [D]away[G]
And its a [D]shame cause she had
such a [G]lovely [D]face[G]
[F#m]Can't you see she needed [Bm]more than
[G]"Oh what a pretty [A]child"
[F#m]You never taught her truth from l[Bm]ie
All you [G]told her was to [A]smile
[G]Texas [F#m]back in [Bm]'69 was drive in
movies and dash[G]board lights

[Verse 5]
[G]
Where is she [A]now
[D]The backseat queen [Bm]of fraternity
[G]Where is she now[A]
[D]She's heavy on thigh
[Bm]And light on integrity
[G]Someone should hav[A]e told her
When beau[D]ty's [A]all you of[Bm]fer
How [G]soon the world discov[A]ers
That your beauty's [D]gone[G]
Its [D]gone[G]

[Verse 6]
[D]Texas back in [G]'69[D] was drive in movies
and dash[G]board [D]lig[G]hts.
[D][G][D][G]
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