Chords with lyrics
Please see the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmI3kFgymU
(This song is a tuned down 1/2 step, chord below is from tuning)
Chords:
C/AC/A
e-3
B-1
G-0
D-2
A-3
E-x
Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
She was the prettiest thing that they had ever seen
G+G C majorC G+G
In a small town run on God and gasoline
C majorC C/AC/A G+G
They marvelled at her green eyes and her curls
D MajorD C majorC G+G
But in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
G+G C majorC C majorC
But they wore that bible belt just a little too tight
G+G C majorC G+G
down a one way street with only one street light
C majorC C/AC/A G+G
So to take it right you had to go the wrong way first
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Lord in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
She got caught with a boy got caught with a cigarette
C majorC C/AC/A D MajorD
Yea Jesus might forgive you but the preacher’s never gonna forget
G+G C majorC G+G
She was everybody’s gossip. Everybody prayed for her
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Lord in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
Instrumental:
(Harmonica with guitar, short finger pick)
G+G C majorC G+G
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
She grew up fast and she hiked up her Sunday gown
G+G C majorC G+G
And the high school boys learned fast they should hang around
C majorC C/AC/A G+G
Cause in the small town nights the only thing going down was her
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Lord in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
G+G C majorC G+G
Yea they were looking through their bibles she was looking through a magazine
G+G C majorC G+G
She liked them black and white and she loved them in between
C majorC C/AC/A G+G
but those looks she got were more than she deserved
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Lord in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
She got caught with a boy got caught with a cigarette
C majorC C/AC/A D MajorD
Yea Jesus might forgive you but the preacher’s never gonna forget
G+G C majorC G+G
She was everybody’s gossip. Everybody prayed for her
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Lord in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G
She took the hand of a black boy and they ran away
G+G C majorC G+G
The day she found out she was three weeks late
C majorC C/AC/A G+G
She knew that town would never love her baby girl
D MajorD C majorC G+G
But in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
She got caught with a boy got caught with a cigarette
C majorC C/AC/A D MajorD
Yea Jesus might forgive you but the preacher’s never gonna forget
G+G C majorC G+G
She was everybody’s gossip. Everybody prayed for her
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Lord in any other town she’d be just another beautiful girl
Instrumental:
(Harmonica with guitar)
G+G C majorC G+G
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G
She was the prettiest thing that they had ever seen
G+G C majorC C majorC
In a busy hospital on a busy street
C majorC C/AC/A G+G
Should have seen her hazel eyes, brown skin and curls
D MajorD C majorC G+G