Title:  St. Estephe
Words and Music:  Ted Wulfers  Copyright2001beggarsbridgemusic/ASCAP
Performed by: Ted Wulfers and Beggar's Bridge

Chords Used in this song:
   C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)C/B (x2555x@1)G/BE--0---1---0---3---0------------| (143121@7)B--1---1---1---0---1----3-------|
G--0---2---2---0---0----0-------|
D--2---3---2---0---0----0-------|
A--3-------0---2---2----2-------|
E--------------3----------------|

iNTRO:
C FF C FF

Verse 1.
C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)       CMet (x32010@1)on an interstate bound for Carolina
Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)           CIt (x32010@1)sure is hard to get there but your soul knows the way
C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)         CShe (x32010@1)had the gift of tongue, laurels and medals
Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)         CHe (x32010@1)gave up that life long before today


Chorus 1.
G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)            CShe (x32010@1)was fourteen years old
Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1) C/BHe (x2555x@1)was barely a man
Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)            FNow (133211@1)she's pickin' up her life
   G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)      FF C (x32010@1)FF
An' he sings in the band

Verse 2.
Her eyes light up the night like itty bits of sequin
She likes his face, a story of its own
Company's a fright, lonely in Manhattan
Waiting for a savior or to see his show

Chorus 2.
She grew out her hair
Says she wants to be a star
It's a long road to Heaven
From the backseat of a car

C FF C C/B

Change:
Am (x02210@1)       G/B (143121@7)    F (133211@1)    CA (x32010@1)dancer, a poet, a living existential
Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)  C/BNothing (x2555x@1)St. Estephe cannot save
Am (x02210@1)    G/B (143121@7)        F (133211@1)       COne (x32010@1)can escape from running in circles
Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)        GPromises (320003@1)die in the grave


Verse 3.
Night they finally spent, Winona Minnesota
A pretty face was born here, the ugly pass away
Holy is the magic in this life or after
Romance is a stranger, lets a lover stay

Chorus 3.
Now she's twenty years old
An' she's found another man
Now she's lookin' back on life
And he sings in the band

CFF (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)FF   C (x32010@1)
Great road trippin tune to sing along to or play along to.
Copyright 2001beggarsbridgemusic/ASCAP
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