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Rollerskate Skinny

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Capo III (key of song is Bb)
        G       C      Em     D
GRollerskate skinny and the terrible twos
CHow can you have everything and nothing to lose
EmYou and nobody see eye to eye
DYou're gonna    wake up with a ghost instead of a guy
GBulletin board on the wall of a church
CSoaking up the city from a top-step perch
EmYou're  gonna break down on a midnight date
DGonna   curse this town, you're gonna run late
AmYou're pDretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny
AmYou're pDretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny
DGo you  want to meet up at the Pickwood Bowl
WCe could knock nine down and leave one in the hole
 EmWouldn't be here if the Athenia hadn't sunk
ODr if   dear ol' dad hadn't got so drunk
 GEvery other day is a kick in the shins
 CEvery other day it's like the day just wins
YEmou make it all right, you make it okay
YDou make me sorta glad that I waited 'til today
You're pAmretty as Da penny, Rollerskate   Skinny
You're pAmretty as Da penny, Rollerskate   Skinny
(guitar Gbreak)         C         Em            D  
 GRollerskate skinny and the terrible twos
 CTwo years in and it's time to choose
 EmLove feels good when it sits right down
PDuts its feet up on the table and it sends a bowl around
 GAin't nobody gonna see eye to eye
WCith a  girl who's only gonna stand collarbone high
 EmRain's gonna come in fair-sized drips
WDe're   gonna go to heaven wearing paper-hat ships
YAmou're pDretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny
YAmou're pDretty as a penny, Rollerskate   Skinny
 CI belieGve in   Emlove, Cbut       it don't believe in...
 GI belieEmve in   Clove, Gbut it don't believe in   me
I EmbelievCe in    Glove, Embut it Cdon't believe in   me--    --      --
NGo it doEmn't belCieve in  me--    --      --
DGon't beEmlieve iCn             G     Em  C  G  

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Rollerskate Skinny

by Old 97's

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Capo III (key of song is Bb)

G C Em D

Rollerskate skinny and the terrible twos

How can you have everything and nothing to lose

You and nobody see eye to eye

You're gonna wake up with a ghost instead of a guy

Bulletin board on the wall of a church

Soaking up the city from a top-step perch

You're gonna break down on a midnight date

Gonna curse this town, you're gonna run late

Am D

You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate Skinny

Am D

You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate Skinny

Do you want to meet up at the Pickwood Bowl

We could knock nine down and leave one in the hole

Wouldn't be here if the Athenia hadn't sunk

Or if dear ol' dad hadn't got so drunk

Every other day is a kick in the shins

Every other day it's like the day just wins

You make it all right, you make it okay

You make me sorta glad that I waited 'til today

Am D

You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate Skinny

Am D

You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate Skinny

G C Em D

(guitar break)

Rollerskate skinny and the terrible twos

Two years in and it's time to choose

Love feels good when it sits right down

Puts its feet up on the table and it sends a bowl around

Ain't nobody gonna see eye to eye

With a girl who's only gonna stand collarbone high

Rain's gonna come in fair-sized drips

We're gonna go to heaven wearing paper-hat ships

Am D

You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate Skinny

Am D

You're pretty as a penny, Rollerskate Skinny

C G Em C

I believe in love, but it don't believe in...

G Em C G

I believe in love, but it don't believe in me

Em C G Em C

I believe in love, but it don't believe in me-- -- --

G Em C

No it don't believe in me-- -- --

G Em C G Em C G

Don't believe in

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