Midnight Girl In A Sunset Town - Sweethearts of the Rodeo
[Intro]
[G]
[Verse 1]
[G]I was born in a small town,mama [Em]was a farmers wife,
[C]Weknew everyone for [G]miles around, we [D]lived there all our lives.
[G]It never even entered there minds I might [Em]not want to stay,
[C]but I'm young I [G]still got time I got to [D]get away
|[Chorus 1]
|[C]Theres one stop [G]light blinking [C]on and [G]off'
|[C]Everyone [G]knows when the [C]neighbors [G]cough,
|[C]They roll up the [G]streets when the sun goes [D]down,
|[C]I'm a midnight [G]girl in a [D]sunset [Em]town,
|[C]I'm a midnight [G]girl in a [D]sunset [G]town.
[Verse 2]
[G]I've seen places on the t.v. where they stay up all night [Em]long,
[C]Around here it's [G]early to bed and they rise before the [D]dawn.
[G]They say the old ways are still the best I canot deny [Em]it,
[C]But i can't [G]get no rest 'couse it's just too [D]quiet.
|[Chorus 2]
|[C]There's one stop[G] light blinking [C]on and [G]off'
|[C]Everyone [G]knows when the [C]neighbors [G]cough,
|[C]They roll up the [G]streets when the sun goes [D]down
|[C]I'm a midnight [G]girl in a [D]sunset [Em]town,
|[C]I'm a midnight [G]girl in a [D]sunset [G]town.
[Bridge 1]
[G]Now I lay me [D]down to [G]sleep,
I pray the Lord my [C]soul to [G]keep,
If I should die befor the [C]world turn [D]round.
[G]Lord don't [C]leave me in this [G]one horse [C]town,
[C]Lord don't [G]leave me in this [C]one horse [G]town.
[G]Lord don't [C]leave me in this [G]one horse [C]town,
[C]Lord don't [G]leave me in this [C]one horse [G]town.
|[Chorus 3]
|[C]Theres one stop [G]light blinking [C]on and [G]off
|[C]Everyone [G]knows when the [C]neighbors [G]cough,
|[C]They roll up the [G]streets when the sun goes [D]down,
|[C]I'm a midnight [G]girl in a [D]sunset [Em]town,
|[C]I'm a midnight [G]girl in a [D]sunset [Em]town,
|[C]I'm a midnight [G]girl in a [D]sunset [G]town.