Capo 4

Intro - G - C - Em7 - D

Verse

G (320003@1)She was leaning long legged ss
         C|| (x32010@1)'neath a bottle cap sign -i
     Em7                  D (xx0232@1)Of a country store with a coke and a smile 
    G (320003@1)the coolest place to linger 
      C (x32010@1)    
on an Arkansas day 
         Em7             D (xx0232@1)when she saw him passing by 
              G (320003@1)He said "I'll take you back to Texas" 
         C|| (x32010@1)Said "my name is Ray" 
          Em7                       D (xx0232@1)where the stars are bigger than the Hit Parade 
        G (320003@1)And she stopped dreamin' her dream 
        C (x32010@1)and she started dreamin' his 
Em7                     D (xx0232@1)Traded in her childhood

Chorus

C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)	 She wore flowered dresses for him 
 	 C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)	 Rolled her hair, scrubbed her freckled skin 
        	 C (x32010@1)                                D (xx0232@1)	 On the chance that they were goin' out tonight 
 	 G (320003@1)       G/f#       C (x32010@1)	 Catch ashow, (x02210@1)maybe grab abite (x02210@1)
        	 C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)	 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

C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)                   Gand (320003@1)she looked real nice, She looked real nice