John - Beauty Queen Sister - 2011 (words & music by Emily Saliers) capo on third fret, standard tuning G D John knows to prune the crepe myrtles F Em Before it is their season G D Before the weather freezes F Em He blows the pipe lines clean Em C G D He worked for the fire department Am D Until his injury G D Now he puts out the fires Am D G For the girl from the city His family's from these parts Before the white men got there Grows field corn on his lot Keeps the road and dead trees cleared Em C G D He leaves a pile of brushwood Em C G D For me to burn, it burns so pretty John's work is never done Helping the girl out from the city Bm C G His mama goes to the local Baptist church Bm C G His daddy's buried there Bm C D His daddy did two tours of duty Em C As a gunner in the war F And was the first Em To greet and treat me like a neighbor John brings the country to me The girl from the city John knows that he could make a killing Selling rights to fish the trout To rich city men who come in Grilling and swilling So he'd rather do without Still he opens up the gates for me Atlanta groceries in my SUV Doesn't take to waste or finery But takes the girl in from the city His mama goes to the local Baptist churc His daddy's buried there His daddy did two tours of duty As a gunner in the war And was the first To greet and treat me like a neighbor John brings the country to me The girl from the city And he kindly tolerates The wanderer in me Who wishes she were from Somewhere she would rather be Planting tender shoots Along a rushing stream Welt everybody has a dream The girl from the city
