Town Drunk chords
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Capo 2
(Intro) | G | Am | (2x)
G Am
She used to come over to my house, she only lived a few miles away
G Am
Never knew why but my mama said fi she wanted she could stay
D Am
A pretty little girl who fought like a boy but she wanted to hold my hand
D Am
In a little blue dress that she always wore, yeah, I might have been her only friend
(Instrumental) | G | Am |
G Am
I remember that summer like yesterday, she used to hang around all the time
G Am
Down by the creek we would always play and tell secrets by the porch light
D Am
Shy as a bird and timid as a flower I wondered where she grew up
D Am G
I never really thought that much about it but everybody said her daddy was the town drunk
(Chorus:)
Am G D Am
Broken like a bottle, running from the only home she ever had
Am G D
Tangled in the talk behind her back
Am G D Am
Yeah, he thought she was nothin, growing like a weed on the wrong side of the tracks
Am G
How could anyone not love a girl like that?
(Instrumental) | G | Am |
G Am
One afternoon in the middle of town, I saw her daddy sleeping on a bench
G Am
So I walked up to him and introduced myself, said his daughter was my best friend
D Am
He looked at me like he didn't care and he asked me for a couple bucks
D Am G
Right then I decided I'd look after that pretty little girl whose daddy was the town drunk
(Repeat Chorus)
(Instrumental) | G | Am | (2x)
(Repeat Chorus)
(Instrumental) | G | Am | (2x)
G Am
Several years later, I read in the paper that her daddy had passed away
G Am
I was holdin' her hand, she had the baby in the other there was really nothing I could say
D
She looked at me and I gave her a kiss
Am
All that really mattered was the three of us
D Am G
Nobody thought it'd all work out for that pretty little girl who was the town drunk