Drag Queens In Limousines chords by Mary Gauthier

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: A augmentedA tuning (A augmentedA D MajorD G+G C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA)

Verse 1:
D MajorD                   A augmentedA
I Hated High school, I prayed it would end.
A augmentedA                              D MajorD
The jocks and their girls, it was their world, I didn't fit in.
D MajorD                           G+G
Mama said, "Baby, it's the best school that money can buy,
A augmentedA                      D MajorD
Be strong, hold your head up, c'mon Mary, try."

Verse 2:
D MajorD                         A augmentedA
I stole mama's car on a Sunday and left home for good,
A augmentedA                           D MajorD
Moved in with my friends in the city, in a bad neighborhood.
D MajorD                  G+G
Charles was a dancer, he loved the ballet,
A augmentedA                      D MajorD
And Kimmy sold pot and read Keroac and Hemmingway.

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G
Drag Queens in Limousines
    D MajorD
Nuns in blue jeans
       A augmentedA
Dreamers with big dreams
      D MajorD
All took me in

Verse 3:
D MajorD                     A augmentedA
Charly and I flipped burgers to cover the rent
A augmentedA                  D MajorD
And Bourbons at Happy hour for .35 cents
D MajorD                         G+G
One day before work we got drunk and danced in the rain
   A augmentedA                             D MajorD
They fired us both, They said, "Don't ya'll come back here again."

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G
Drag Queens in Limousines
    D MajorD
Nuns in blue jeans
       A augmentedA
Dreamers with big dreams
      D MajorD
All took me in

Interlude:
D MajorD A augmentedA  A augmentedA D MajorD  D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 4:
D MajorD                         A augmentedA
My daddy went to college, and he worked for the state
A augmentedA                       D MajorD
He never quit nothing and he wanted me to graduate.
D MajorD                      G+G
My brother and sister both play in the marching band
   A augmentedA                           D MajorD
They tell me they miss me, but I know they don't understand.

Bridge:
B minorBm        G+G        D MajorD
Sometimes you got do, what you gotta do
   A augmentedA                          D MajorD
And pray that the people you love, will catch up with you.

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G
Drag Queens in Limousines
    D MajorD
Nuns in blue jeans
       A augmentedA
Dreamers with big dreams
      D MajorD
Poets and AWOL marines
D MajorD      G+G
Actors and Bar Flys
       D MajorD
Writers with Dark Eyes
       A augmentedA
Drunks that Philosophize
       D MajorD
These are my friends