Drag Queens In Limousines chords by Mary Gauthier

Tuning: A tuning (A D G C E A)

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

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

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

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

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

Interlude:
D  A   A D   D G  A D

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

Bridge:
Bm               G               D
Sometimes you got do, what you gotta do
     A                                                   D
And pray that the people you love, will catch up with you.

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