Tablature love at the five - Nanci Griffith

          



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  From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)

  

  

  LOVE AT THE FIVE AND DIME (Nanci Griffith)

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  [Open G tuning (DGDGBD).  Capo 3.]

  [For the intro and verses, see the tab at the end.  For the chorus, I'm not

   sure exactly how to finger the chords.  I think it might be like this:

   G=000000, Am7=x22012, Am7(4)=x20012.]

  

  G  Gsus2  C/G  G

  [intro; repeat as necessary]

  

  G                          Gsus2

     Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair

  C/G                                            G

     She really made the Woolworth counter shine

  G                             Gsus2

     Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer

  C/G                                             G

     They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime

  

  Eddie played the steel guitar, and his mama cried cuz he played in the bars

  And kept young Rita out late at night

  So they married up in Abilene, lost a child in Tennessee

  Still that love survived, 'cause they'd sing

  

  G                              Am7

     Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now

  G                            Am7(4)

     Dance a little closer tonight

  G                              Am7

     Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time

          Am7(4)                                  G

     And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

  

  One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine to Rita's hands

  So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife

  Oh but he was back by June, singin' a different tune

  And sportin' miss Rita back by is side.  And he sang...

  

  Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now

  Dance a little closer tonight

  Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time

  And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

  

  Eddie traveled with the barroom bands till arthritis took his hands

  Now he sells insurance on the side

  Rita's got a house to keep, dimestore novels and a love so sweet

  They dance to the radio late at night.  And they sing:

  

  Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now

  Dance a little closer tonight

  Dance a little closer to me, hey it's closing time

  And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime

  

  Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair

  She really made the Woolworth counter shine

  Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer

  And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime...

  

  

  

  TAB:

  

  [Don't forget to tune your guitar to open G.]

  [The 0 on the high D string at the end of the sixth measure is optional;

   sometimes she plays it, sometimes she doesn't.]

  [The 12's on the high D string are probably harmonics; if you can play

   them that way, do it, but it sounds okay to fret them too.]

  [This is for the intro; in the verse, I think it's not quite the same,

   but very similar.]

  [Thanks to vwhwang@midway.uchicago.edu for suggesting this particular

   pattern; it's much easier than what I had before.]

  

    G                              Gsus2

  D ------9-------9-|------9-------0-|------0-------12|----------------|

  B --0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|--10------10----|----------------|

  G ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

  D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  G 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

  D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  

    C/G                            G

  D ------5-------7-|------5-------0-|--------------12|----------------|

  B --5-------5-----|--5-------5-----|----------0-----|----------------|

  G ----5-------5---|----5-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

  D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  G 0-------0-------|0-------0---0---|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

  D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  

  

  

  - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu

  

  

  

  

   


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 Love at the five, de Nanci griffith 

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