Chords for OTIS GIBBS - SMALL TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT

_ _ The timing for today is perfect because Otis just dropped his latest record, which is called
Grandpa Walked the Picket Line.
And it's currently sitting at number five _ on the Americana charts, right next to guys
like Rodney Prowl and _ _ Lucinda Williams and _ Ryan_
Must have been a mistake.
Yeah.
[F] So we have [N] some of those _ _ _ records here?
Yeah, yeah.
Well, okay. Yeah, absolutely.
We will have that.
So his latest album, Grandpa Walked the Picket Line, is a glimpse inside of an America that
you don't see on the evening news, but is the America most of us see at our doorsteps. _
This is as real as it gets, y'all.
Otis Gibbs.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] I should just stop while I'm ahead now.
Yeah. _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[D#] _ _ [E] _ _ Olden alley, [G] _
[F#m] skating rinks, [A] _ hot dog [Em] stands, [B] 32 ounce [D#] drinks.
_ [E] _
Got one stop light [F#m] and all it ever does is blink.
[A] It's a small town, [G] _ [B] [E] Saturday night.
[B] _ _ [C#] _ [E] _ Soda _ [F#m] fountains, five and dimes.
[A] _
Best root beer floats that [B] you'll ever find. _
[C#] _ [E] _ If you're a couple bucks [C#] short, you can pay [F#m] us next time.
[A] It's a small town, [G] _ [B]
[E] Saturday night.
_ [G#] _ _ [A] _
And in the barber shop, saw the [E] old men [G#] cuss. _
_ [A] _ Talking about fishing [E] and making [G#m] a fuss about [C#] how all these [C] young kids today,
[F#] they ain't never gonna mount to much.
_ [A] _ [F#m]
They ain't [A#m] never had it rough like [B] us.
_ _ _ [D#] _
[E] _ _ I like squeaking [C#] that [F#m] front porch swing.
[A] _ And bitching about [G#m] prices of _ gasoline.
[D#] _ [E] _ _
Yeah, that's what we like to [F#m] call making a scene.
[A] In a small town, [B] Saturday _ [E] night.
[B] _ _ [C#] _ [E] _ Lucy Watson [C#] was a fine [F#m] young thing.
[Em] _ [A] When she passed by, all [B] us boys would sing.
[D#] _ _
[E] _ Yeah, but she ran off with that [C#] guy from the gas [F#m] station last spring.
[A] She left a small [B] town, Saturday [E] night.
_ [G#] _ _ _ [A] And remember that preacher when [E] we were [G#] kids? _
[A] _ He'd talk about [E] love and _
[G#] nonviolence.
Yeah, we'd each [C#m] say Jesus was a pacifist.
[F#] Man, it all made sense.
_ [A] _ Wish we [A#m] had more men [C#] like him.
[B] _ _ [D#] _ _
[E] _ _ Summer breezes [C#] [F#m] and _ _ fireflies.
[A] _ We'd go downtown, but [B] everything closed at five.
_ [D#] _ [E] _ We'd just sit on the curb and wait [F#m] for cars to drive by.
[B] In a small [A] town, [G] [B] Saturday _ [E] night.
[B] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ Riding bikes [C#] through the center [F#m] of town.
[A] _ _
Poppin' wheelies and [B] fallin' down.
[C#] _
[E] _ If you listen close, yeah, you [F#m] can hear the sound.
Of [A] a small town, [B] Saturday [E] night.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] I've been saving my money [E] for my new [G#] job. _
[G] _ [A] _ Been pumping gas [E] and [G#] working on cars.
Until [C#] there's this [C#m] girl down at the diner and she's [F#] got me swimming in the stars.
_ [A] _
I think [F#] I'll ask her out next [E] week.
[B] _ _ [D#] _
[E] _ _ _ Bowling [F#m] alleys, skating rinks.
[Gm] _ [A] _ Hot dog stands, [G#m] 32 ounce [D#] drinks.
_ [E] _
Got one stop light [C#] and all it ever [F#m] does is blink.
[A] It's a small [G] town, [B] Saturday [E] night.
_ It's [F#m] a small town, _ [B] Saturday _ _ _ _ [G] night.
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