Love at the Five and Dime
Nanci
Griffith
Capo 3
Intro (x2):
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Rita was sixteen years,
hazel eyes and chestnut hair
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G
she made the Woolworth counter shine
G
Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer
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they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime
Chorus:
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They'd sing, dance a little closer
to me, dance a little closer now
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Dance a little closer tonight
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Am7
Dance a little closer to me, it's closing time
C/D D G
And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
G
Eddie played the steel
guitar and his mama cried 'cuz he played in the bars
G/C
G
And kept young Rita out late at night
G
So they married up in Abilene, lost a child in Tennessee
G/C
still that love survived
Chorus
G
One
of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine to Rita's hand
G/C G
so Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife
G
Oh but he was back by June and be singin’ a different tune
G/C
G
And sportin' Miss Rita back by his side
Chorus
G
Eddie traveled with the
barroom bands ‘till arthritis took his hands
G/C G
now he sells insurance on the side
G
Rita's got a house to keep she writes dime store novels and a love so sweet
G/C G
they dance to the radio late at night
Chorus
Repeat First Verse
C/G G
they'd waltz the aisles of
the five and dime
C/G G
they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime