Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Grandma burned the biscuits, nearly took the house down with it,

Now she's in assisted living, we all knew that day would come,

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

Found her on the shoulder cryin, s he didn't know where she was,

It's like her mind just q uit,

Oh but bring up grandpa it's like someone flipped a switch,

A fr ont porch light and a blue Desota,

A couple of straws in a Coca-Cola -a,

you could see it all goin down,

A h andsome boy in army green,

A t ear on his face down on a knee,

A shaky voice, a diamond ring,

She'll put you in that t own,

Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,

But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 194 8

She takes out his medals, a cigar box of letters,

Sits and scatters pictures, blacks and whites of days gone by,

we started losin her when she lost him,

But to hear her carry on, You'd swear she's seven teen again,

F ootball games and leaves a cracklin

Walkin her home in his letter jack et,

You can see it all goin down,

A pe rfect night on a front porch glider,

S ayin goodnight for the next three hours,

Her tired eyes go wide and bright,

when she talks about that t own,

Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,

But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 194 8

While the w orld is fading all around her,

Sharin' a sundae at the counter,

He's goin on and on about her,

Bet she's right there right n ow,

Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,

But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 194 8