Chords for George Hamilton IV - "Abilene"/"Gasoline"

[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ Abilene, [B] _ _ Abilene, [C] _ prettiest town [G] that I've ever seen.
[Em] Folks out [C#] there [D] don't treat you mean,
and [G] Abilene, [C] my [G] _ Abilene.
_ Well, first of all, that's biblical.
_ _ I don't know if y'all are aware of it or not,
but I was in a church a while back,
and a preacher asked me to sing it.
And I said, well, pastor, do you think it's appropriate
to sing Abilene in church?
He said, well, it's biblical.
And I said, it is?
And he said, yeah.
He said, tonight when you're having your late night Bible study,
or if you do that in the morning,
check out Luke chapter 3, verse 1.
It refers to Lysanias, the tetrarch of Abilene,
back in the days when John the Baptist began his ministry.
Anyone ought to tell me that the capital of Abilene is Ebalah,
and it's about 18 miles northwest of present-day Damascus, Syria.
_ That's probably all the news you needed to know about Abilene.
_ _ But anyway, this fellow from South Carolina called me up
a couple years ago when something was happening all over the country.
And he called me up.
This was a couple summers ago, and he said,
George, I've got some new words to Abilene.
And I said, well, how'd you do that?
It's already been writ.
And he said, well, you know, something's going on in this country,
and you need to hear these new words.
And he sent them out to me, and he was right.
They were very topical and very contemporary then.
And I think it's starting to become topical and contemporary all over again.
So here's some new words to an old melody from Scott Bowen of South [A] Carolina. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ Gasoline, [B] _ _ gasoline, [C] _ highest prices [G] that I've ever seen.
[A] _ What on [D] earth is going on [F#m] with [G] gasoline, [C] old [G] gasoline?
_ [D] _ _ [G] Filled my tank [B] the other night.
[C] Watch that meter [G] just spin out of [C#] sight.
Don't I wish they [D] would lower the price [G] of gasoline?
_ [C] Old [G] gasoline.
What do you think [D] about it, [G] boys?
_ There they are.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C] _ [G] How about a hand for the fiddle man?
_ [A] From _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ the home state of [B] North Carolina, Jimmy [C] Capps, on the lead guitar.
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [D] How about a little [G] honky-tonk Texas piano,
[B] especially for Brother Ray [C] Benson over there? _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
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[B] Nowadays, my old car, [C] she spends a lot of [G] time in my backyard.
_ [A] We can't afford [Am] to [D] take her very far on [G] gasoline.
[C] Old [G] gasoline.
Help [D] me if you know it [G] now.
_ Gasoline, [B] _ _ gasoline, [C] _ highest prices [G] that I've ever seen.
[C#] _ What on earth [D] is going on with [G] gasoline, [C] old [G] gasoline?
_ _ [A] Aren't we [F#m] tired [D] of getting reamed by [G] gasoline? _ _
[C] _ Old [Em] [G] gasoline. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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