FORD ECONOLINE
Words & Music by Nanci Griffith
***CAPO 2nd Fret***
C /
She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline
/ / G
She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour
C
She had a husband on her bumper
/
She had five restless children
/ G C
She was singing as sweet as a mockingbird in that Ford Econoline.
CHORUS:
F C
She's the salt of the earth
G C
Straight from the bosom of the Mormon church
F C
With a voice like wine
G F
Cruisin' along in that Ford Econoline.
C
Her husband was a gambler; He was a Salt Lake City rounder
G
And he built a golden cage around his silver-throated wife
C
Too many nights he left her cryin' with his cheatin' and his lyin'
G C
But his big mistake was in buyin' her that Ford Econoline
(repeat CHORUS)
(SOLO over VERSE changes)
(repeat CHORUS)
C
Now she sings her songs around this country from Seattle to Montgomery
G
Those kids are grown and that rounder knows you cannot cage your wife
C
Along the backroads of our nation she's become a living legend
G C
She drives a Coupe DeVille but her heart rides still in that Ford Econoline
G C
She drives a Coupe DeVille but her heart rides still in that Ford Econoline.