Chords for Terri Clark: "80's Ladies" by K.T. Oslin Live on the Grand Ole Opry

Back to center stage and Terry Clark ladies and gentlemen. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ During last weekend's broadcast,
the Opry honored many of the artists that we sadly have lost in 2020, way way too many.
_ You know, KT Oslin was one of them, _ but when I mentioned wanting to do this song,
_ they told me to go for it anyway.
_ _ I started out a fan, but I got to know and be a small
part of KT's life during her last years.
She was a force and a trailblazer who crafted what
I consider to be one of the finest songs in the history of our genre.
_ She achieved stardom in her
late 40s, which is unprecedented in any era.
So I would like to do this song for her and you [Bb] tonight. _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ We were [Cm] three _ little [Gm] _ _
girls from [Eb] school. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ One was pretty, [Eb] one [Bb] was smart, _ and one was a _ [F] borderline
fool.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
Oh, [Cm] she's still got luck and [Gm] that woman hasn't slipped [Eb] a bit. _
_ [Bb] _ The smart one used her head,
[Eb] she met her [Bb] fortune and me.
I crossed the border [Am] _ every [F] chance [Bb] I get.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[Am] We [Bb] were the _ _ girls of the _ _ 50s, _ [Eb] _ _
stone rock and roll in the [Bb] 60s and more, but our names got changed
_ [A] as [Gm] the _ 70s slipped on _ by. _ _ _ _
_ Now we're [F] _ _ _ _
80s _ ladies _ _ and there ain't been much these ladies [Bb] ain't tried. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] We got _ educated, _ _ [Cm] _ _ liberated, [Eb] and had complicated matters with men.
_ _ _ [Bb] We said I do [Eb] and we signed I [Bb] don't and we swore we'd never do that [F] again. _ _
Oh, [Bb] we burned our bras and [Cm] we burned our dentures, we [Bb] [Gm] burned our candles [Eb] at both ends.
And [Bb] we've got some children [Bbm] who look just like the [F] way we did back [Bb] then.
_ [F] But [Gm] we're all _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] up now,
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[Gm] oh _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] none of us can tell you quite [F] how. _ _ _ _ _ _
We were the [Bb] _ _ girls of the 50s,
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb]
stone rock and rollers in the 60s, [Bb] honey more than our names got changed [A] _ as [Gm] the _ 70s slipped _ on by. _ _ _ _ _
_ Now [F] we're _ _ _ 80s _ ladies _ _ _ and there ain't been much these ladies [Bb] ain't tried. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] A my name is Alice, I'm gonna marry Artie, [Eb] we're gonna sell apples [F] and live in Arkansas.
_ [Bb] B my name is Betty, I'm gonna marry Bobby, [Eb] we're gonna sell [Bb] beans [F] and live in Brazil.
[Bb] C my name is Connie, I'm gonna marry [Eb] Charlie, we're gonna sell [Bb] cars [F] and live in _ [Bb] California. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Terry Clark, ladies and gentlemen, let her hear it.
Boy that was nice. _ _