Date: 11/9/97; 9:45:37 PM
From: "James" <Guitar_Picker@rednecks.com>
Subject: Submission - Ford Econoline by Nanci Griffith

ON WITH THE MUSIC
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These are the basic chords, embellish them as you need.

>From the album "Lone Star State of Mind"
Written and performed by Nanci Griffith

Ford Econoline
She drove [D] west from Salt Lake City,
To the California coast line,
She hit the San Diego freeway doing sixty miles an [A] hour.
She had a [D] husband on her bumper,
She had five restless children,
And she was singing sweet as a mockingbird
In that [A] Ford Econo[D]line.

Chorus:
Sheâs the [G] salt of the [D] earth,
[A] Straight from the bosom of the [D] Mormon Church.
With a [G] voice like [D] wine.
[A] Cruisinâ along in that [G] Ford Econoline.

Her husband was a gambler,
He was a Salt Lake City rounder.
And he built a gilded cage around his silver-throated wife.
So many nights he left her cryinâ,
With his cheatinâ and his lyinâ,
But his big mistake was buying her
That Ford Econoline.

Chorus

Now she sings her songs around this country,
>From Seattle to Montgomery.
Those kids are grown and that rounder knows,
You cannot cage your wife.
Out on the back road of our nation,
Sheâs become a living legend.
She drives a Coupe De Ville but her heart rides still
In that Ford Econoline.

Chorus