D (xx0232@1)        ASaw (x02220@1)her in Roosevelt Springs
             Dtime (xx0232@1)doesn't touch anything
              Ashe (x02220@1)never did say she could sing
                 Dbut (xx0232@1)I figured it so

I needed some company then
not sisters or children again
that's a hell of a spot to be in
but she put me in tow

Money and liquor and lust
have taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes of dust
headed my way

She tended bar in town
her alto settled me down
so I started hanging around
didn't need much to say

D7 (xx0212@1)             GShe (320003@1)smelled like cigarettes and wine
            Dshe (xx0232@1)kept me happy all the time
                  A (x02220@1)       A7I (x02020@1)know that ain't much of a line
                       D (xx0232@1) D7but (xx0212@1)it's the God's own truth
               Gshe (320003@1)lives down inside of me still
                 Drolled (xx0232@1)up like a twenty dollar bill
            A (x02220@1)              A7she (x02020@1)left me alone with these pills
                   Dand (xx0232@1)the last of my youth

Wings on her shoulders and feet
a bar on Gethsemane street
I took time to plan retreat
backed out the door

I must be attracted to those 
who've witnessed a man in the throes
Of life that ain't grindstone to nose, 
but pedal to floor

D7 (xx0212@1)             GShe (320003@1)smelled like cigarettes and wine
            Dshe (xx0232@1)kept me happy all the time
                  A (x02220@1)       A7I (x02020@1)know that ain't much of a line
                       D (xx0232@1) D7but (xx0212@1)it's the God's own truth
               Gshe (320003@1)lives down inside of me still
                 Drolled (xx0232@1)up like a twenty dollar bill
            A (x02220@1)              A7she (x02020@1)left me alone with these pills
                  Dand (xx0232@1)my smoldering youth

Lost on the dry side of town
My memories slowing me down
She shook me and I came around
I came back to life
With nary a mother or dad
She showed me what I never had
The princess of leaves, she gets sad
'Cause I won't take a wife

D7 (xx0212@1)             GShe (320003@1)smelled like cigarettes and wine
            Dshe (xx0232@1)kept me happy all the time
                  A (x02220@1)       A7I (x02020@1)know that ain't much of a line
                       D (xx0232@1) D7but (xx0212@1)it's the God's own truth
               Gshe (320003@1)lives down inside of me still
                 Drolled (xx0232@1)up like a twenty dollar bill
            A (x02220@1)              A7she (x02020@1)left me alone with these pills
                   Dand (xx0232@1)the last of my youth