Mineral Wells ============= by: Tom Russell written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music (capo 3rd fret) Intro: G (alternate between |320003| and |302003| intro only) G She was livin' .... G
Bedded down in ... G D On a back street of ... D With a shoebox ... D G Old photos ... G She'd been a great actress ... G G7 C Played Shakespeare on the ... C G Before the three husbands, six ... G D G Of fifty-eight odd ... G Him they called fat boy ... G D And he clocked in at ... D With a passion for food and .... D G He'd been a great ... G He'd seen all her movies, ... G G7 C Heard her story and ... C G Though she bore no ... G D G G7 The film's over before .... Chorus: G7 C She told him of a ... C D In the hot ... D C It'll heal ... C D It's somewhere ... D C And she met ... C G C In the .... C Am And they danced ... Am D C In the moonlight of ... G (alternate between |320003| and |302003|) G So they boarded a greyhound in ... G D Fat boy and the aging .... D Through the Great Painted Desert .... D G Amarillo plain ... G They got off in Fort Worth for ... G G7 C Caught the local to old ... C G And it dropped them in front ... G D G Called the Crazy ... G Disillusioned they found a cheap ... G D Drank vodka from a ... D There'd be no healing ... D G The fountain of youth .. G So the critic and the film star ... G G7 C As the great Texas sun ... C G And drunk but still dreaming they ... G D G G7 In the moonlight of old .... Repeat Chorus C Am They danced .. Am D G C G D G In the moonlight of ... >From the album The Long Way Around 1997 Hightone Records Live duet with Katy Moffatt Transcribed by Greg Yuriy Feel free to send comments to yuriym@cyberbeach.net
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