Ellsworth Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

D Em7 G D Dsus4

DGrandma burned the biscuits,A nearly took the house down with it,

Cadd9Now she's in assisted living, Gwe all knew that day would come,

DWe knew she was too gone to drive,A the day she parked on I-65,

Cadd9Found her on the shoulder cryin, sGhe didn't know where she was,

Cadd9 It's like her mind just qBmuit,

 Oh but bring up graEmndpa it's like someone flipped a Gswitch,

 A frDont porch light and a blue Desota,

 A Emcouple of straws in a Coca-ColaG-a,

 you could see it all goin dDown,A

 A hDandsome boy in army green,

 A tEmear on his face down on a knee,

 AG shaky voice, a diamond ring,

 She'll Asus4put you in that tAown,

 ToBmmorrow she won't reAmember what she did tEsus4oday, E

 But just ask her about GEllsworth, Em7Kansas, 194D8 Em7 G

DShe takes out his medals,A a cigar box of letters,

Cadd9Sits and scatters pictures, Gblacks and whites of days gone by,

Cadd9we started losin her when Bmshe lost him,

 But to hear her Emcarry on, You'd swear she's sevenGteen again,

 FDootball games and leaves a cracklin

 WEmalkin her home in his letter jackGet,

 You can see it all goin dDown,A

 A peDrfect night on a front porch glider,

 SEmayin goodnight for the next three hours,

GHer tired eyes go wide and bright,

 when she Asus4talks about that tAown,

 ToBmmorrow she won't reAmember what she did tEsus4oday, E

 But just ask her about GEllsworth, Em7Kansas, 194D8 Em7 G

D Em7 G D A

 While the wDorld is fading all around her,

EmSharin' a sundae at the counter,

GHe's goin on and on about her,

 BetAsus4 she's right there right nAow,

 ToBmmorrow she won't reAmember what she did tEsus4oday, E

 But just ask her about GEllsworth, Em7Kansas, 194D8 Em7 G D