Love At The Five And Dime Chords by Nanci Griffith
Tempo:
73.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
Cm
G
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb]
[Eb] One of my greatest fascinations in life has [Bb] always been a little store where you can go in and get a vanilla coke,
listen to the popcorn machine go pop pop pop,
dig [Eb]
through a record bin and find a record for 69 [Bb] cents that you've always wanted all your life.
When I was in high school,
the only way you [Eb] could get from North Austin to South Austin [Bb] on the bus was
to get off the bus in Central Austin and get on another bus.
And where you change the bus at [Eb] 6th and Congress was a place called a [Bb] Woolworth's store.
And I always had just enough time to run into the Woolworth's store and get myself a vanilla coke,
dig through the [Eb] record bin, wink at the boys and get back on the bus.
[Bb]
And Woolworth's stores are the same everywhere in the world.
They [Eb] have this wonderful smell to them.
They smell [Bb] like
popcorn and chewing gum rubbed around on the bottom of a leather sole shoe.
And the first time we went to Europe we
[Eb] landed in London and we were driving through [Bb] central London and we came around a corner and by golly there was a Woolworth's store.
And I wanted them to stop the car and let me out so I could go fill up my suitcase with [Eb] unnecessary plastic objects.
[Bb]
And if you've ever been in a big Woolworth's store
where [Eb] there's an elevator or [Bb] a lift as they say in Europe,
every time the doors open on the elevator they make a little noise like this.
[Eb] And I've [Bb] often been asked what that little noise was.
And that's what it is.
It's the elevator doors.
[Eb]
[Bb]
Rita was 16 years hazel eyes and just [Eb] not air.
She made the Woolworth [Bb] counter shine.
And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
And a darn [Eb] good dancer.
And Nate was the I.O. [Bb] of the five and I.
And they'd sing, dance a little closer [Cm] to me.
Dance a little closer [Bb] now.
Dance a little closer [G] than I [Cm] [G]
[Bb].E.
Dance a little closer than they [Cm] do.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I.
Eddie played the steel guitar and his mama cried cause he played in the bars.
[Eb] And he kept young Rita [Bb] out late at night.
So they married up in Abilene.
Lost a child in Tennessee.
[Eb] Still that [Bb] love survived.
Cause they'd sing, dance a little [Cm] closer to me.
[Bb] Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
[Bb] Dance a little closer to me.
Hey, it's closing time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I.
One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine and Rita's [Eb] in.
So Eddie ran off with [Bb] the bass man's wife.
Oh, but he was back by June.
Singing a different [Eb] tune.
It's more sweet [Bb] than he's.
And he'd sing, dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
Dance a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer than I [Cm].E.
[Bb] Dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
[Gm] Hey, it's [Bb] closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
Eddie traveled with the barroom man.
Till Laura's wife took his hands.
[Eb] Now he sells insurance on [Bb] the side.
And Rita's got her house to keep.
She writes time store novels of her love so sweet.
[Eb] They dance to the radio [Bb] late at night.
And still sing, dance a little closer [G] to me.
Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
[Bb] Dance a little closer [Gm] to me.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I.
And they lived a mighty, simple life.
As Rita was 16 years.
Hazel eyes and chestnut [Eb] hair.
She really made the [Bb] Woolworths' cowdry shine.
And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
A darn good [Eb] dancer.
And they'd lost the aisles of the [Bb] five and dime.
And they lived a mighty, simple [Eb] life.
I said.
We lost the aisles of [Bb] the five and dime.
And we could all go tomorrow and take [Eb] a date.
And we all.
Lost the [Bb] aisles of the five and dime.
Going up.
[N]
[Eb] One of my greatest fascinations in life has [Bb] always been a little store where you can go in and get a vanilla coke,
listen to the popcorn machine go pop pop pop,
dig [Eb]
through a record bin and find a record for 69 [Bb] cents that you've always wanted all your life.
When I was in high school,
the only way you [Eb] could get from North Austin to South Austin [Bb] on the bus was
to get off the bus in Central Austin and get on another bus.
And where you change the bus at [Eb] 6th and Congress was a place called a [Bb] Woolworth's store.
And I always had just enough time to run into the Woolworth's store and get myself a vanilla coke,
dig through the [Eb] record bin, wink at the boys and get back on the bus.
[Bb]
And Woolworth's stores are the same everywhere in the world.
They [Eb] have this wonderful smell to them.
They smell [Bb] like
popcorn and chewing gum rubbed around on the bottom of a leather sole shoe.
And the first time we went to Europe we
[Eb] landed in London and we were driving through [Bb] central London and we came around a corner and by golly there was a Woolworth's store.
And I wanted them to stop the car and let me out so I could go fill up my suitcase with [Eb] unnecessary plastic objects.
[Bb]
And if you've ever been in a big Woolworth's store
where [Eb] there's an elevator or [Bb] a lift as they say in Europe,
every time the doors open on the elevator they make a little noise like this.
[Eb] And I've [Bb] often been asked what that little noise was.
And that's what it is.
It's the elevator doors.
[Eb]
[Bb]
Rita was 16 years hazel eyes and just [Eb] not air.
She made the Woolworth [Bb] counter shine.
And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
And a darn [Eb] good dancer.
And Nate was the I.O. [Bb] of the five and I.
And they'd sing, dance a little closer [Cm] to me.
Dance a little closer [Bb] now.
Dance a little closer [G] than I [Cm] [G]
[Bb].E.
Dance a little closer than they [Cm] do.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I.
Eddie played the steel guitar and his mama cried cause he played in the bars.
[Eb] And he kept young Rita [Bb] out late at night.
So they married up in Abilene.
Lost a child in Tennessee.
[Eb] Still that [Bb] love survived.
Cause they'd sing, dance a little [Cm] closer to me.
[Bb] Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
[Bb] Dance a little closer to me.
Hey, it's closing time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I.
One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine and Rita's [Eb] in.
So Eddie ran off with [Bb] the bass man's wife.
Oh, but he was back by June.
Singing a different [Eb] tune.
It's more sweet [Bb] than he's.
And he'd sing, dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
Dance a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer than I [Cm].E.
[Bb] Dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
[Gm] Hey, it's [Bb] closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
Eddie traveled with the barroom man.
Till Laura's wife took his hands.
[Eb] Now he sells insurance on [Bb] the side.
And Rita's got her house to keep.
She writes time store novels of her love so sweet.
[Eb] They dance to the radio [Bb] late at night.
And still sing, dance a little closer [G] to me.
Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
[Bb] Dance a little closer [Gm] to me.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I.
And they lived a mighty, simple life.
As Rita was 16 years.
Hazel eyes and chestnut [Eb] hair.
She really made the [Bb] Woolworths' cowdry shine.
And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
A darn good [Eb] dancer.
And they'd lost the aisles of the [Bb] five and dime.
And they lived a mighty, simple [Eb] life.
I said.
We lost the aisles of [Bb] the five and dime.
And we could all go tomorrow and take [Eb] a date.
And we all.
Lost the [Bb] aisles of the five and dime.
Going up.
[N]
Key:
Bb
Eb
Cm
G
Gm
Bb
Eb
Cm
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] One of my greatest fascinations in life has [Bb] always been a little store where you can go in and get a vanilla coke,
listen to the popcorn machine go pop pop pop,
dig [Eb]
through a record bin and find a record for 69 [Bb] cents that you've always wanted all your life. _
When _ I was in high school,
_ the only way you [Eb] could get from North Austin to South Austin [Bb] on the bus was
to get off the bus in Central Austin and get on another bus.
_ _ And where you change the bus at [Eb] 6th and Congress was a place called a [Bb] Woolworth's store.
_ _ And I always had just enough time to run into the Woolworth's store and get myself a vanilla coke,
dig through the [Eb] record bin, wink at the boys and get back on the bus.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
And Woolworth's stores are the same everywhere in the world.
_ They [Eb] have this wonderful smell to them.
They smell [Bb] like
popcorn and chewing gum rubbed around on the bottom of a leather sole shoe.
_ _ _ And the first time we went to Europe we
[Eb] landed in London and we were driving through [Bb] central London and we came around a corner and by golly there was a Woolworth's store.
_ And I wanted them to stop the car and let me out so I could go fill up my suitcase with [Eb] unnecessary plastic objects.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ And if you've ever been in a big Woolworth's store
_ where [Eb] there's an elevator or [Bb] a lift as they say in Europe, _
every time the doors open on the elevator they make a little noise like this. _ _
[Eb] _ And I've [Bb] often been asked what that little noise was. _ _
And that's what it is.
It's the elevator doors.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Rita was 16 years hazel eyes and just [Eb] not air.
She made the Woolworth [Bb] counter shine. _ _ _
And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
And a darn [Eb] good dancer.
And Nate was the I.O. [Bb] of the five and I.
_ And they'd sing, dance a little closer [Cm] to me.
Dance a little closer [Bb] now.
Dance a little closer [G] than I [Cm] _ [G]
[Bb].E.
Dance a little closer than they [Cm] do.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I. _ _
_ Eddie played the steel guitar and his mama cried cause he played in the bars.
[Eb] And he kept young Rita [Bb] out late at night. _
_ So they married up in Abilene.
Lost a child in Tennessee.
_ [Eb] _ Still that [Bb] love survived. _
Cause they'd sing, dance a little [Cm] closer to me.
[Bb] Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
_ [Bb] _ Dance a little closer to me.
Hey, it's closing time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I.
_ _ One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine and Rita's [Eb] in.
So Eddie ran off with [Bb] the bass man's wife.
_ _ _ Oh, but he was back by June.
Singing a different [Eb] tune.
It's more sweet [Bb] than he's.
_ And he'd sing, dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
Dance a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer than I [Cm].E.
_ [Bb] _ Dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
[Gm] Hey, it's [Bb] closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ Eddie traveled with the barroom man.
Till Laura's wife took his hands.
[Eb] Now he sells insurance on [Bb] the side.
_ _ _ And Rita's got her house to keep.
She writes time store novels of her love so sweet.
[Eb] They dance to the radio [Bb] late at night.
_ And still sing, dance a little closer [G] to me.
Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
_ [Bb] _ Dance a little closer [Gm] to me.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I.
_ _ _ And they lived a mighty, simple life.
As Rita was 16 years.
Hazel eyes and chestnut [Eb] hair.
She really made the [Bb] Woolworths' cowdry shine.
_ _ _ And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
A darn good [Eb] dancer.
And they'd lost the aisles of the [Bb] five and dime.
And they lived a mighty, simple [Eb] life.
I said.
We lost the aisles of [Bb] the five and dime.
And we could all go tomorrow and take [Eb] a date.
And we all.
Lost the [Bb] aisles of the five and dime.
_ Going up.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] One of my greatest fascinations in life has [Bb] always been a little store where you can go in and get a vanilla coke,
listen to the popcorn machine go pop pop pop,
dig [Eb]
through a record bin and find a record for 69 [Bb] cents that you've always wanted all your life. _
When _ I was in high school,
_ the only way you [Eb] could get from North Austin to South Austin [Bb] on the bus was
to get off the bus in Central Austin and get on another bus.
_ _ And where you change the bus at [Eb] 6th and Congress was a place called a [Bb] Woolworth's store.
_ _ And I always had just enough time to run into the Woolworth's store and get myself a vanilla coke,
dig through the [Eb] record bin, wink at the boys and get back on the bus.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
And Woolworth's stores are the same everywhere in the world.
_ They [Eb] have this wonderful smell to them.
They smell [Bb] like
popcorn and chewing gum rubbed around on the bottom of a leather sole shoe.
_ _ _ And the first time we went to Europe we
[Eb] landed in London and we were driving through [Bb] central London and we came around a corner and by golly there was a Woolworth's store.
_ And I wanted them to stop the car and let me out so I could go fill up my suitcase with [Eb] unnecessary plastic objects.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ And if you've ever been in a big Woolworth's store
_ where [Eb] there's an elevator or [Bb] a lift as they say in Europe, _
every time the doors open on the elevator they make a little noise like this. _ _
[Eb] _ And I've [Bb] often been asked what that little noise was. _ _
And that's what it is.
It's the elevator doors.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Rita was 16 years hazel eyes and just [Eb] not air.
She made the Woolworth [Bb] counter shine. _ _ _
And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
And a darn [Eb] good dancer.
And Nate was the I.O. [Bb] of the five and I.
_ And they'd sing, dance a little closer [Cm] to me.
Dance a little closer [Bb] now.
Dance a little closer [G] than I [Cm] _ [G]
[Bb].E.
Dance a little closer than they [Cm] do.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I. _ _
_ Eddie played the steel guitar and his mama cried cause he played in the bars.
[Eb] And he kept young Rita [Bb] out late at night. _
_ So they married up in Abilene.
Lost a child in Tennessee.
_ [Eb] _ Still that [Bb] love survived. _
Cause they'd sing, dance a little [Cm] closer to me.
[Bb] Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
_ [Bb] _ Dance a little closer to me.
Hey, it's closing time and love's on the sale tonight at this five and I.
_ _ One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine and Rita's [Eb] in.
So Eddie ran off with [Bb] the bass man's wife.
_ _ _ Oh, but he was back by June.
Singing a different [Eb] tune.
It's more sweet [Bb] than he's.
_ And he'd sing, dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
Dance a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer than I [Cm].E.
_ [Bb] _ Dance a little closer to [Cm] me.
[Gm] Hey, it's [Bb] closing time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ Eddie traveled with the barroom man.
Till Laura's wife took his hands.
[Eb] Now he sells insurance on [Bb] the side.
_ _ _ And Rita's got her house to keep.
She writes time store novels of her love so sweet.
[Eb] They dance to the radio [Bb] late at night.
_ And still sing, dance a little closer [G] to me.
Dance [Cm] a little [Bb] closer now.
Dance a little closer [Cm] than I.E.
_ [Bb] _ Dance a little closer [Gm] to me.
Hey, it's closing [Bb] time and love's on sale tonight at this five and I.
_ _ _ And they lived a mighty, simple life.
As Rita was 16 years.
Hazel eyes and chestnut [Eb] hair.
She really made the [Bb] Woolworths' cowdry shine.
_ _ _ And Eddie was a sweet romancer.
A darn good [Eb] dancer.
And they'd lost the aisles of the [Bb] five and dime.
And they lived a mighty, simple [Eb] life.
I said.
We lost the aisles of [Bb] the five and dime.
And we could all go tomorrow and take [Eb] a date.
And we all.
Lost the [Bb] aisles of the five and dime.
_ Going up.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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