Picture Of My Dress chords by The Mountain Goats

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D  A  G  x2


Verse 1:
G     D       Dmaj7   Em      G
Here at a truck stop in New Mexico just before dawn
      D         Dmaj7
Somebody's grandma behind the wheel of a big rig
Em         G
Pulling in with her headlights on
G              D
We smoke a cigarette as the sunrise runs riot
F#      G
Someone's got to break the quiet
    D
And she says, "What are you doing here anyway?"
   Asus4               A
And I smile and say, "You'd never guess"
       Em
She holds it up for me by its skinny white shoulder straps

Chorus:
   G A          D    A   G
While I, I take a picture of my dress
          D    A   G
I take a picture of my dress


Verse 2:
      D   Dmaj7 Em             G
I'm in the bathroom of a Dallas Texas Burger King
      D        Dmaj7       Em
Mr. Steven Tyler is on the overhead speakers
                G
He doesn't want to miss a thing
            G
Out there at the counter
     D             F#
Blending in with the lunchtime crowd
       G
Trying not to laugh out loud
   D
I eat half my crispy chicken club
   Asus4            A
I get extra mayonnaise, it's a mess
      Em
I take the other half out to the parking lot with me


Chorus:
    G  A           D    A   G
Pop the trunk and take a picture of my dress
          D    A   G
I take a picture of my dress


Bridge:
        F#            Em
It still looks good, I only wore it once
E       G              A
Nine years ago, nine years and seven months


Verse 3:
      D     Dmaj7
It may be a long while before the highway
Em               G
Decides to finally set me free
           D       Dmaj7
I'm going to have to chase down the remnants
Em                     G
Of something special that you stole from me
G                   D             F#
It may be hiding in the sunset, or in distant corners of the dawn
G         Gm
Or maybe it's gone
   D
But I say some prayers above the engine
    Asus4            A
I bless everything there is to bless
      Em
Run out of gas in the middle of nowhere anyway
          G    A
Stand there by the roadside smiling


Chorus:
           D    A   G
And take a picture of my dress
          D    A   G
I take a picture of my dress
          D    A   G
I take a picture of my dress
          D    A   G
I take a picture of my dress