_ _ She lived on a curve in the _
G road, _ in an old tar paper
B shack.
_ _ On the south side of the town,
G on the _ wrong side of the
D tracks.
_ _
A Sometimes on the way into town, we'd say,
G Mama, can we stop and give her
D a ride.
_ _
B _ _ _
A Sometimes we did,
G but her hands flew from her
A side.
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G _ Wild _ _ _ -eyed
A _ _ .
crazy _ _ _ _ _
B Mary.
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Bm _ _ _ Down a long dirt road,
G _ _ past the farson's place.
_ _ The old blue car
G _ _ we used to _
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_ _
A Little country store
G with the sign tacked to the side.
Said
Bm no L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G-A
G _ loud.
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B.
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_ _ _ _ Caribou paw, _
E _ _ newspaper covered _
B walls.
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Em through the
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