Dimestore Life

DOUBLE TIME:

C Em D G C Em D G

instrumental; see tab #2.

C Em D G C Em D G

instrumental

C Em D G

She was sixteen, never knew more

C Em D G

Than the backporch swing and the counter at the dime store

C Em D G

What do you know

C Em D G

instrumental

C Em D G

She had dreams, dreams of many things

C Em D G

A life on the road and all that brings

C Em D G

Ohhhh, there's got to be more

C Em D G

Than this counter at the dime store

C Em D G

instrumental

D D C C

Ohhhh, what does this life have in store

G G C C

I need to know if there's any more

D D C C

I need to know

G D/F# Em C

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

instrumental

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

instrumental

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

C Em D G C Em D G

guitar solo

C Em D G C Em D G

guitar solo

Em Em C C Em Em D [hold]

guitar solo

Day to day, and town to town

Mama writes, "I can never track her down"

She's gonna find what she's looking for

instrumental

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

instrumental

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...

[repeat and fade G D/F# Em C with ad lib vocals]

TAB:

[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:

C C C

E ----------------|----------------|----|
B ----------------|----3-----------|----|
G ----0---0---2=0/|4-------0=2=0---|----|
D 0=2---2---------|----------------|0=2-|
A ----------------|----------------|----|
E ----------------|----------------|----|

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

TAB #2:

C Em D G C Em D G

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---------|----------------|

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