Drive In Movies chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics

Drive in Movies and Dashboard Lights
Words and music by Nanci Griffith
As performed on her album "Storms"
Note: this is as Nanci spelled things on the album...no flames about
my spelling of the word "cuz"!!! :)


FF        Bb majorBb
Sister had a ....
       FF        Bb majorBb
She played a Silvertone ...
FF       Bb majorBb
Baez songs and ...
   FF             Bb majorBb
She sure could turn the ...
 A minorAm        DmDm
Swim wear saunter, ...
    Bb majorBb         C majorC
That's all she ...
A minorAm         DmDm
Books were for ...
     Bb majorBb        C majorC
And the other ...
Bb majorBb       C majorC
Texas back in '69
   DmDm    C majorC       Bb majorBb
Was drive-in movies ...

FF          Bb majorBb
Father waltzed her ....
   FF       Bb majorBb
Cuz college didn't ...
FF            Bb majorBb
Sad truth was she could ...
      FF             Bb majorBb
But if you told poor father...
   A minorAm         DmDm
The telephone rang ...
     Bb majorBb         C majorC
With the hearts ...
  A minorAm         DmDm
Sister's gone and ....
     Bb majorBb         C majorC
Cuz she never ...
Bb majorBb      C majorC
Texas back in '69
   DmDm    C majorC       Bb majorBb
Was drive in movies ....

Chorus:
Bb majorBb      C majorC
Where is she now?
   FF    C majorC    DmDm      C majorC
The backseat queen ...
Bb majorBb      C majorC
Where is she ...
    FF    C majorC    DmDm      C majorC
She's heavy of thigh ...
Bb majorBb          C majorC
Someone should ....
    FF   C majorC     DmDm
When ....
   Bb majorBb       C majorC              FF    Bb majorBb
Too soon the world ....
FF        Bb majorBb
(it's gone)


FF             Bb majorBb
Mother can't you hear ...
FF          Bb majorBb
Father wake up ...
  FF             Bb majorBb
Her kids are grown...
    FF            Bb majorBb
It's a shame cuz she had ....
A minorAm         DmDm
Can't you ...
   Bb majorBb         C majorC
Than "Oh, what a ...
A minorAm          DmDm
You never taught ...
    Bb majorBb        C majorC
All you told her was ...
Bb majorBb       C majorC
Texas back in '69
   DmDm    C majorC      Bb majorBb
Was drive in movies and ....


Chorus


transcribed by Erik Karlsson
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