Capo 4 

Intro - G5 - C5 - E5 - D5  

Verse

       G5 
She was leaning long legged ss
         C5 
'neath a bottle cap sign -i
     E5                  D5 
Of a country store with a coke and a smile 
    G5 
the coolest place to linger 
      C5      
on an Arkansas day 
         E5             D5 
when she saw him passing by 
              G5 
He said "I'll take you back to Texas" 
         C5 
Said "my name is Ray" 
          E5                       D5 
where the stars are bigger than the Hit Parade 
        G5 
And she stopped dreamin' her dream 
        C5 
and she started dreamin' his 
E5                     D5 
Traded in her childhood 


Chorus

        C5                 D5           G5
        She wore flowered dresses for him 
        C5                D5                     G5
        Rolled her hair, scrubbed her freckled skin 
               C5                                  D5
        On the chance that they were goin' out tonight 
        G5         G/f#       C5
        Catch a show, maybe grab a bite 
               C5                   D5                     G5
        and she looked real nice, She looked real nice  


Verse 

Sometimes I think about my daddy 

and his old spice grin, 

Cleaned pressed shirts, and a farmers tan 

She never asked him questions 

So he never told her lies 

but I heard my mama cry some 

And I was sitting in the hallway on the night he left 

huggin my knees, holding my breath 

I never knew why but he was damn sure gone 

thought it was maybe my fault 


Chorus 


Verse 

Now the evening is just starting to chill a bit 

with the fireflies in flight over the trees and it 

Brings to mind the glider where she used to sit 

And count the headlights on the highway 

So I think of where you're goin' 

Where you are tonight 

What you might have seen, 

since I last saw those eyes. 

I know that I can't win, If I do not play 

But this whole thing scares me 


Chorus 


    C5               D5                     G5
and she looked real nice, She looked real nice