West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][G][C][F][G][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Standin' on
[F]side of the [G]highway [C]4 exit
A lady in [F]tie die, [G]a bag by her [C]side
Not really [F]lookin' like [G]anything [C]special
Saw Tennessee [F]tags and
she [G]waved for [C]a ride

[Verse 2]
Sat right be[F]side me as the
[G]meter hit [C]sixty
Explainin' [F]her travels and her
[G]family back[C]ground
When she got [F]through I could not
[G]help but [C]thinkin'
She's a long way from a [F]West
Nashville [G]grand ballroom [C]gown
[Am]Her [G]father had money and
her [D]mother had [G]love
Channeled entirely to her
[D]dear sister [G]Dove
Twenty-two years years in
so[D]cieties [G]plan
Canceled at the swing of her
[F]dear mothers [D]hand

[Verse 3]
[D]
[C]Six hours [F]later we [G]hit Cincin[C]nati
Yawning she [F]woke and
[G]asked where we [C]were
When she found [F]out she said [G]"I
must be [C]go ing"
This close [F]to Nashville was too
[G]close for [C]her
[F][G][C]

[Verse 4]
So I stopped by the [F]roadside
and I [G]gave her five [C]dollars
She took it then [F]kissed me
and [G]gave me a [C]note
She told me just to [F]read it
[G]then mail [C]it in Nashville
On old loose leaf [F]paper to her
[G]mother she [C]wrote
She said [G]Momma I'm fine if you
[D]happen [G]to wonder
I don't have much money
but I [D]still [G]get around
I haven't made church in near
[D]thirty-six Sundays
[G]Sundays
So fuck all those West Nashville
[D]grand ballroom [G]gowns
[C][F]

[Verse 5]
[G]
[C]Yea, she's a long way from the
[F]West Nashville [G]grand
ballroom gowns