Drive in Movies and Dashboard Lights
Words and music by Nanci Griffith
As performed on her album "Storms"
Note: this is as Nanci spelled things on the album...no flames about
my spelling of the word "cuz"!!! :)

FF Piano Chord 
               BbBb Piano Chord 

Sister had a crystal voice
FF Piano Chord 
                BbBb Piano Chord 

She played a Silvertone from Montgomery Ward
FF Piano Chord 
              BbBb Piano Chord 

Baez songs and Monroe hair
FF Piano Chord 
                         BbBb Piano Chord 

She sure could turn the boy's heads to stare
AmAm Piano Chord 
               DmDm Piano Chord 

Swim wear saunter, tan and haunt them
BbBb Piano Chord 
                 CC Piano Chord 

That's all she learned in school
AmAm Piano Chord 
                  DmDm Piano Chord 

Books were for the other girls
BbBb Piano Chord 
               CC Piano Chord 

And the other girls were fools
BbBb Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 

Texas back in '69
DmDm Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
             BbBb Piano Chord 

Was drive-in movies and dashboard lights

FF Piano Chord 
                    BbBb Piano Chord 

Father waltzed her down the aisle
FF Piano Chord 
              BbBb Piano Chord 

Cuz college didn't suit her style
FF Piano Chord 
                        BbBb Piano Chord 

Sad truth was she could barely read
FF Piano Chord 
                         BbBb Piano Chord 

But if you told poor father, well he wouldn't believe you
AmAm Piano Chord 
                  DmDm Piano Chord 

The telephone rang drove Mother insane
BbBb Piano Chord 
                 CC Piano Chord 

With the hearts left on the shelf
AmAm Piano Chord 
                  DmDm Piano Chord 

Sister's gone and she won't be home
BbBb Piano Chord 
                 CC Piano Chord 

Cuz she never took care of herself
BbBb Piano Chord 
            CC Piano Chord 

Texas back in '69
DmDm Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
              BbBb Piano Chord 

Was drive in movies and dashboard lights

Chorus:
BbBb Piano Chord 
            CC Piano Chord 

Where is she now?
FF Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
        DmDm Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 

The backseat queen of fraternity
BbBb Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 

Where is she now?
FF Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
        DmDm Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 

She's heavy of thigh and light on integrity
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                   CC Piano Chord 

Someone should have told her
FF Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
          DmDm Piano Chord 

When beauty's all you offer
BbBb Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
                           FF Piano Chord 
       BbBb Piano Chord 

Too soon the world discovers that your bueaty's gone
FF Piano Chord 
               BbBb Piano Chord 

(it's gone)

FF Piano Chord 
                          BbBb Piano Chord 

Mother can't you hear your daughter crying
FF Piano Chord 
                   BbBb Piano Chord 

Father wake up her youth is dying
FF Piano Chord 
                          BbBb Piano Chord 

Her kids are grown...husband's gone away
FF Piano Chord 
                       BbBb Piano Chord 

It's a shame cuz she had such a lovely face
AmAm Piano Chord 
                  DmDm Piano Chord 

Can't you see she needed more
BbBb Piano Chord 
                 CC Piano Chord 

Than "Oh, what a pretty child!"
AmAm Piano Chord 
                    DmDm Piano Chord 

You never taught her truth from lie
BbBb Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 

All you told her was to smile
BbBb Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 

Texas back in '69
DmDm Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
            BbBb Piano Chord 

Was drive in movies and dashboard lights

Chorus

transcribed by Erik Karlsson