Mineral Wells chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

Mineral Wells
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by: Tom Russell
written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music

(capo 3rd fret)

Intro:
G+G (alternate between |320003| and |302003| intro only)

G+G
She was livin' ....
G+G
Bedded down in ...
G+G                 D MajorD
On a back street of ...
D MajorD
With a shoebox ...
D MajorD           G+G
Old photos ...
G+G
She'd been a great actress ...
G+G             G7G7      C majorC
Played Shakespeare on the ...
C majorC               G+G
Before the three husbands, six ...
G+G D MajorD            G+G
Of fifty-eight odd ...

G+G
Him they called fat boy ...
G+G                 D MajorD
And he clocked in at ...
D MajorD
With a passion for food and ....
D MajorD              G+G
He'd been a great ...
G+G
He'd seen all her movies, ...
G+G          G7G7     C majorC
Heard her story and ...
C majorC                   G+G
Though she bore no ...
G+G     D MajorD           G+G     G7G7
The film's over before ....


Chorus:

G7G7 C majorC
She told him of a ...
C majorC        D MajorD
In the hot ...
D MajorD   C majorC
It'll heal ...
C majorC              D MajorD
It's somewhere ...
D MajorD    C majorC
And she met ...
C majorC          G+G   C majorC
In the ....
C majorC    A minorAm
And they danced ...
A minorAm   D MajorD            C majorC
In the moonlight of ...

G+G (alternate between |320003| and |302003|)

G+G
So they boarded a greyhound in ...
G+G             D MajorD
Fat boy and the aging ....
D MajorD
Through the Great Painted Desert ....
D MajorD           G+G
Amarillo plain ...
G+G
They got off in Fort Worth for ...
G+G          G7G7     C majorC
Caught the local to old ...
C majorC                  G+G
And it dropped them in front ...
G+G     D MajorD       G+G
Called the Crazy ...
G+G
Disillusioned they found a cheap ...
G+G              D MajorD
Drank vodka from a ...
D MajorD
There'd be no healing ...
D MajorD                G+G
The fountain of youth ..
G+G
So the critic and the film star ...
G+G         G7G7      C majorC
As the great Texas sun ...
C majorC                 G+G
And drunk but still dreaming they ...
G+G   D MajorD            G+G    G7G7
In the moonlight of old ....


Repeat Chorus

C majorC  A minorAm
They danced ..
A minorAm   D MajorD            G+G   C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
In the moonlight of ...


>From the album The Long Way Around 1997 Hightone Records
Live duet with Katy Moffatt
Transcribed by Greg Yuriy
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