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From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)
LOVE AT THE FIVE AND DIME (Nanci Griffith)
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[Open G tuning (DGDGBD). Capo 3.]
[For the intro and verses, see the tab at the end. For the chorus, I'm not
sure exactly how to finger the chords. I think it might be like this:
G=000000, Am7=x22012, Am7(4)=x20012.]
G Gsus2 C/G G
[intro; repeat as necessary]
G Gsus2
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair
C/G G
She really made the Woolworth counter shine
G Gsus2
Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer
C/G G
They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime
Eddie played the steel guitar, and his mama cried cuz he played in the bars
And kept young Rita out late at night
So they married up in Abilene, lost a child in Tennessee
Still that love survived, 'cause they'd sing
G Am7
Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now
G Am7(4)
Dance a little closer tonight
G Am7
Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time
Am7(4) G
And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
One of the boys in Eddie's band took a shine to Rita's hands
So Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife
Oh but he was back by June, singin' a different tune
And sportin' miss Rita back by is side. And he sang...
Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight
Dance a little closer to me, 'cause it's closing time
And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
Eddie traveled with the barroom bands till arthritis took his hands
Now he sells insurance on the side
Rita's got a house to keep, dimestore novels and a love so sweet
They dance to the radio late at night. And they sing:
Dance a little closer to me, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight
Dance a little closer to me, hey it's closing time
And love's on sale tonight at this five and dime
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair
She really made the Woolworth counter shine
Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer
And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime...
TAB:
[Don't forget to tune your guitar to open G.]
[The 0 on the high D string at the end of the sixth measure is optional;
sometimes she plays it, sometimes she doesn't.]
[The 12's on the high D string are probably harmonics; if you can play
them that way, do it, but it sounds okay to fret them too.]
[This is for the intro; in the verse, I think it's not quite the same,
but very similar.]
[Thanks to vwhwang@midway.uchicago.edu for suggesting this particular
pattern; it's much easier than what I had before.]
G Gsus2
D ------9-------9-|------9-------0-|------0-------12|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|--10------10----|----------------|
G ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
C/G G
D ------5-------7-|------5-------0-|--------------12|----------------|
B --5-------5-----|--5-------5-----|----------0-----|----------------|
G ----5-------5---|----5-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 0-------0-------|0-------0---0---|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Nanci Griffith - Love At The Five Tab :: indexed at Ultimate Guitar.
About artist:
Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms. This album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who are her major influences. Her best-known song is "From a Distance" by Julie Gold, although Bette Midler's version achieved greater commercial success. Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith's songs than Griffith herself. For example, Kathy Mattea had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover of Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," and Suzy Bogguss had one of her largest hits with Griffith's and Tom Russell's "Outbound Plane."
Griffith was married to singer-songwriter Eric Taylor from 1976 to 1982. In the early 1990s, she was engaged to singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel, but the couple parted before marrying. Griffith is a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and thyroid cancer in 1998.[1]
Griffith has in recent years toured with various other artists including Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss and Judy Collins. Griffith has recorded duets with many artists, among them Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz (Singer of Counting Crows), and Darius Rucker (Singer of Hootie & the Blowfish). She has also contributed background vocals on many other recordings.[2] She is particularly popular in Ireland,[citation needed] and has recorded with The Chieftains.
Indexed at Wikipedia.