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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