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Date: 1/4/01; 8:59:17 AM
From: "Gary Fishell" <Gary_Fishell@prodigy.net>
Subject: Makeup and Faded Blue Jeans- Merle Haggard
Imagine that..another Merle song...This one's also >from the CD Merle
Haggard, His Best, MCA Records...Ah Downtown Modesto...gotta love it!
MAKEUP AND FADED BLUE JEANS (Merle Haggard) (CAPO 1)
* = DUET
[D] In downtown Modesto I was workin' the Holiday [G] Inn
I was [D] set with a gig that would last us thoughout the week[A]end
I was [D] signing a new song I wrote on the way into [G] town
When she [D] came in the front door [A] I found her a place to sit [D]down
Hey I knew right away that she liked the words to my [G] song
Cause she [D] stared at the guitar followed my fingers too [A] long
And [D]she had the likeness of a girl I'd seen in a [G] dream
But [D] lights can do wonders with [A] makeup and faded blue [D] jeans
* And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my [G] mind
So I [D] found a hundred reasons for lookin' away one more [A] time
She could [D] cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with [G] guitars
And to [D] blow all my chances at [A] bein' a big singin' [D] star
And then on the other hand (then on the other hand what?)
With one passin' glance I could tell she was young for her [G] age
Yeah she [D] got to lookin' better as she got down closer to the [A]stage
And as she [D] sipped on her wine I knew just the kind she would [G] be
And [D] somehow I knew she was [A] here to do bad things to [D] me
* And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my [G] mind
So I [D] found a hundred reasons for lookin' away one more [A] time
She could [D] cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with [G] guitars
And to [D] blow all my chances at [A] bein' a big singin' [D] star (1 PROGRESSION)
I was right....she could [D]cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with [G] guitars
And [D] blow all my chances at [A] bein' a big singin' [D] star