Mineral Wells ============= by: Tom Russell written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music (capo 3rd fret) Intro: G (alternate between | 320003 | and | 302003 | intro only) G She was livin' in a cadillac G Bedded down in the back seat G D On a back street of the Hollywood hills D With a shoebox museum of memories D G Old photos and medical bills G She'd been a great actress in two dozen movies G G7 C Played Shakespeare on the great London stage C G Before the three husbands, six kids and bad breaks G D G Of fifty-eight odd years of age G Him they called fat boy wore grey overalls G D And he clocked in at four hundred pounds D With a passion for food and film magazines D G He'd been a great critic downtown G He'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face G G7 C Heard her story and took her on in C G Though she bore no resemblance to the star he adored G D G G7 The film's over before real life begins Chorus: G7 C She told him of a fountain of youth C D In the hot Texas earth D C It'll heal and renew us C D It's somewhere west of Fort Worth D C And she met Errol Flynn there C G C In the Crazy Water Hotel C Am And they danced down the street Am D C In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells G (alternate between | 320003 | and | 302003 | ) G So they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain G D Fat boy and the aging film queen D Through the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas D G Amarillo plain to Abilene G They got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee G G7 C Caught the local to old Mineral Wells C G And it dropped them in front of that boarded up palace G D G Called the Crazy Water Hotel G Disillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway G D Drank vodka from a styrofoam cup D There'd be no healing return to the past D G The fountain of youth had dried up G So the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka G G7 C As the great Texas sun rose and fell C G And drunk but still dreaming they waltzed down the street G D G G7 In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells Repeat Chorus C Am They danced down the street Am D G C G D G In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
