Dimestore Life

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Ohhh I know it's hard to let go

But these mistakes I gotta make, I gotta make on my own [see tab #1]

C C Bm [hold]

Ohhh, what a wonderful ride

When all the happiness in the world

Is right here on the inside

G D/F# Em Em [pause]

Right here on the inside

 

 

She was sixteen, never knew more

Than the backporch swing and the counter at the dime store

What do you know

 

She had dreams, dreams of many things

A life on the road and all that brings

Ohhhh, there's got to be more

Than this counter at the dime store

 

Ohhhh, what does this life have in store

I need to know if there's any more

I need to know

Mama, won't you please let me go

G D/F# Em C D D D [stop.]

Mama, won't you please let me go

Wave goodbye at the end of spring

Drop down a graduation gown and a high school ring

Echo on the gym floor

A life made from cards and sticks

The kind of broke that money can't fix

Ohhhh, this road'll take me somewhere

And I'll know it when I get there

Ohhhh, what does this life have in store

I need to know if there's any more

I need to know

Mama, won't you please let me go

Mama, won't you please let me go

 

 

Em Em C C Em Em D [hold]

Day to day, and town to town

Mama writes, "I can never track her down"

She's gonna find what she's looking for

Thirty-one when she finally makes it home

With the wisdom of the world, a woman fully grown

Oh I never needed more

Than this counter at the dime store

Than this counter at the dime store

Ohhhh, what does this life have in store

I need to know if there's any more

I need to know

Mama, won't you please let me go

Mama, won't you please let me go

Mama, let me go...

[Both of these are probably a little off, mostly because they're played on

an electric guitar and I only have an acoustic. I know the notes are right,

but I might be playing them on the wrong strings, as usual.]

TAB #1:

E ----------------|----------------|----

B ----------------|----3-----------|----

G ----0---0---2=0/|4-------0=2=0---|----

D 0=2---2---------|----------------|0=2-

A ----------------|----------------|----

E ----------------|----------------|----

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

TAB #2:

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G ----0-----------|----2-----------|----0-----------|----2---0-------|

D --2-------------|--4-------0=2=0-|--2-------------|--4-------------|

A 3---------2/5-5-|----------------|3---------2/5-5-|----------------|

E ------0---------|------3---------|------0---------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .