***CAPO 3rd fret***
Intro - D - Em7 - G - D-Dsus4
(verse 1)
D A/C#
Grandma burned the biscuits, nearly took the house down with it,
Cadd9 G
Now she's in assisted living, we all knew that day would come,
(verse 2)
D A/C#
We knew she was too gone to drive, the day she parked on I-65,
Cadd9 G
Found her on the shoulder cryin, she didn't know where she was,
(pre-cho)
Cadd9 Bm
It's like her mind just quit,
Em7 (D) G
Oh but bring up grandpaw it's like someone flip'd a switch,
(chorus)
D
A front porch light and a blue Desota,
Em7 G
A couple of straws in a Coca-Cola-a,
D - A
you could see it all goin down,
D
A handsome boy in army green,
Em7
A tear on his face down on a knee,
G
Shaky voice a diamond ring,
Asus4 A
She'll put you in that town,
Bm A Esus-E
Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,
G D/F# Em7 D - Em7 - G
But just ask her about Ells-worth, Kansas, 1948
(verse 2)
She takes out his medals, a cigar box of letters,
Sits and scatters pictures, blacks & whites of days gone by,
(pre-cho)
we started losin her when she lost him,
But to hear her carry on, You'd swear she's seventeen again,
(chorus)
D
Football games and leaves a cracklin'
Em7 G
Walkin her home in his letter jack-et,
D - A
You can see it all goin down,
D
A perfect night on a front porch glider,
Em7
Sayin goodnight for the next three hours,
G
Her tired eyes go water-eyed,
Asus4 A
when she talks about that town,
Bm A Esus-E
Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,
G D/F# Em7 D - Em7 - G
But just ask her about Ells-worth, Kansas, 1948
(lead - D - Em7 - G - D - A)
(Ending)
D
While the world is leading all around her,
Em7
Sharin' a Sundae at the counter,
G
He's goin on and on about her,
Asus4 A
Bet she's right there right now,
Bm A Esus-E
Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,
G D/F# Em7 D - Em7 - G - D
But just ask her about Ells-worth, Kansas, 1948
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