slow country dance — текст песни (carpenter mary chapin)

SLOW COUNTRY DANCE (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A; capo at the 2nd fret.]

C D G G
[intro]
G C G D
Out on the floor the couples are swaying
G C G D
To One Faded Love on the jukebox tonight
Em7 C G D
You slide in your coins and the music keeps playing
G C D G
A slow country dance on a Saturday night


G C G D
Sweethearts in love and others just lonely
G C G D
Searching for someone to waltz with tonight
Em7 C G D
In a smoky old bar you know that it`s only
G C D G G
A slow country dance on a Saturday night

F C G D
And love`s never easy or ever as true
F C G D D
When the changing of partners is no longer new
G C G D
You lead with your heart, and closing your eyes
G C D G
Dance just to dance in three-quarter time
G C D G
[instrumental]

Down at the bar a woman tells stories
Batting her eyes to someone not there
Her glass is half full or maybe half empty
Like the jokes told about her when they think she can`t hear

Now the perfume is cheap and the makeup is careless
And the dress out of fashion for a woman her age
But she don`t give a damn for those who would cherish
A much lighter step and a much younger face

And love`s never easy or ever as true
When the changing of partners is no longer new
You lead with your heart, and closing your eyes
Dance just to dance in three-quarter time

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

G C G D
Out on the floor the couples are swaying
G C D G
To One Faded Love on the jukebox tonight



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com