Chords for Todd Snider - "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown" (Live at WFUV)

[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
Standing by the side of a highway for exit.
_ I seen a lady in a tie-dye with a bag by her [B] side.
[F#] _ _ Not seemingly looking for anything special.
[B] _ [F#] _ _
She saw my Tennessee tags and [D#m] she waved [F#] for a ride.
[B] _ [F#] _ _
She sat right beside me as the meter hit 60, explaining her travels and [B] her family [F#] background.
[B] _ [F#] _ _ But when she got through [B] I could not [F#] help but thinking. _ _
_ She's a long way from a West Nashville ground ballroom gal.
[B] _ [F#] She's _ a long way from a West Nashville ground ballroom gal.
_ _ _ [C#] Her father had money, [B] her mother [F#] had love. _
_ _ _ [C#] Channeled [B] entirely to her dear [F#] sister, Doug. _ _
_ _ [C#] 22 years in [B]
[F#] society's plan.
[B] _ [F#] _ _
All canceled at the [E] swing of her dear [C#] mother's hand.
_ _ [F#] _ _
Two hours later we hit Cincinnati.
[B] _
[F#] _ _ _ Yawning she woke up and asked where we were. _ _
_ When she found out she said I must be going.
[B] _ [F#] _ _
It seemed this close to Nashville was too close for her.
_ _ _ So I stopped by the roadside and I gave her five dollars.
She took it and she kissed me [B] and she [F#] gave me a note.
[B] _
[F#] _ _ She told me I could read it if I [G] mailed it [F#] in [B] Nashville.
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_ On old loose leaf paper to her mother she wrote.
[B] _ [F#] _ _
[C#] She said mama I'm fine.
[B] She [F#] happened to wonder.
_ _ _ _ [C#] I don't have much [B] money but I still [F#] get around. _
_ _ [C#] I haven't been to church [B] in 36 [F#] Sunday. _ _
_ Forget all those West Nashville ground ballroom gal.
[B] _ [F#] _ _
To hell with those West Nashville ground ballroom gal.
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