Flowered Dresses

[G]   [C]   [Em7]   [D]

She was[G] leaning long legged ss
'neath a [C]bottle cap sign -i
Of a [Em7]country store with a [D]coke and a smile
the [G]coolest place to linger
on an [C]Arkansas day
when she [Em7]saw him passing [D]by
He said "I'll [G]take you back to Texas"
Said "my [C]name is Ray"
where the [Em7]stars are bigger than the [D]Hit Parade
And she [G]stopped dreamin' her dream
and she [C]started dreamin' his
[Em7]Traded in her childhood [D]

         [C]She wore flowered [D]dresses for [G]him
         [C]Rolled her hair, [D]scrubbed her freckled [G]skin
         On the c[C]hance that they were goin' out toni[D]ght
         [G]         [G/f#]       [C]
         Catch a show, maybe grab a bite
         and she [C]looked real nice, Sh[D]e looked real nice    [G]

Sometimes I think about my daddy

and his old spice grin,

Cleaned pressed shirts, and a farmers tan

She never asked him questions

So he never told her lies

but I heard my mama cry some

And I was sitting in the hallway on the night he left

huggin my knees, holding my breath

I never knew why but he was damn sure gone

thought it was maybe my fault

Now the evening is just starting to chill a bit

with the fireflies in flight over the trees and it

Brings to mind the glider where she used to sit

And count the headlights on the highway

So I think of where you're goin'

Where you are tonight

What you might have seen,

since I last saw those eyes.

I know that I can't win, If I do not play

But this whole thing scares me

and [C]she looked real [D]nice, She looked real [G]nice