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.