Chords for Nanci Griffith - Love at the Five and Dime

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Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut [Eb]
hair, she made a Woolworth [Bb] cow to shine. _ _ _
And Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer, [Eb] and Ned was the eyes of [Bb] the moon.
_ _ _ Eddie played the steel guitar, and his mama cried, cause he played in the bars.
[Eb] And he kept young Rita out late [Bb] at night.
_ _ So they married up in Napoli, lost a child in Tennessee. _ _
Still that [Bb] music, _ you could see it sing.
Dance a little closer to me, [F] dance a little closer now, dance a little closer tonight.
_ [Eb] _ _ Dance a little closer [F] to me, it's closing time and love's on sale.
Tonight [Bb] it's just five o'clock, _ _ _ one of the boys in Eddie's band, took a shot of Rita's hand.
[Eb] So Eddie ran off with the [Bb] bass man's wife.
_ _ _ Oh but he was back by June, and sang a little different song.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ Sing, dance a little closer [F] to me, dance a little closer [Bb] now, dance a little closer [F] tonight.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] Dance a little closer [F] to me, it's closing time and love's on sale.
Tonight it's just five o'clock, _ _ _ Eddie traveled with the foreign band.
Till our driver took his [Eb] hands, and daddy seized insurance. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Rita's got her house to keep, [F] she writes diaries, store novels of a love so sweet.
[Eb] They danced to a radio [Bb] melody tonight.
_ Sing, dance a little closer [F] to me, dance a little closer [Bb] now, dance a little closer [F] tonight.
_ _ _ _ Dance a little closer to me, it's closing time and love's on sale.
Tonight [Bb] it's just five o'clock, _ _ _ Rita was sixteen years, days and nights and just nothing.
[Gm] She [Eb] really made a woman come [Bb] to shine.
_ _ _ And Eddie was sweet romancing, I heard he was a darn good [Eb] dancer. _ _ _
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We get old tomorrow, take [Eb] a day to remember. _ _
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