{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1822892,"song":"West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1822892-west-nashville-grand-ballroom-gown-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1822892?type=chord","rating":4.70559,"votes":45,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\nWest Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown\r\nJimmy Buffett\r\nLiving and Dying in 3/4 Time\r\n1974\r\n\r\n[intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStanding on the side of the Highway 4 exit         [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA lady in tie-dye, a bag by her side  [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNot really looking like anything special    [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaw Tennessee tags and she waved for a ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSat right beside me as the meter hit sixty[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nExplaining her travels and her family background[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen she got through, I could not help but thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe's a long way from the West Nashville Grand Ballroom gown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer father had money and her mother had love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChanneled entirely to her dear sister Dove   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                 \r\nTwenty-two years in society's plan      [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                         \r\nWas cancelled with a swing of her dear mother's hand[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nSix hours later, we hit Cincinnati [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYawning she woke and then asked where we were[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen she found out, she said, \"I must be going\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis close to Nashville was too close for her[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I stopped by the roadside and I gave her five dollars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe took it then kissed me and gave me a note[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe told me just to read it then mail it in Nashville[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn old looseleaf paper to her mother she wrote[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said, \"Mama, I'm fine, if you happen to wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't have much money but I still get around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI haven't made church in near thirty-six Sundays[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo fuck all those West Nashville Grand Ballroom gowns\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   \r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, she's a long way from the West Nashville Grand Ballroom gown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n02 March 2016\r\n10 April 2020\r\n \r\nStudio Soledad\r\nhttp://sites.google.com/site/studiosoledad/\r\nstudiosoledad@yahoo.com","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\nWest Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown\nJimmy Buffett\nLiving and Dying in 3/4 Time\n1974\n\n[intro]\n\nC  F  G  C  \nC  F  G  C\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nC  F  G  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC  F  G  C   \n\n\n\n\n02 March 2016\n10 April 2020\n \nStudio Soledad\nhttp://sites.google.com/site/studiosoledad/\nstudiosoledad@yahoo.com","chords":["C","F","G","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}