Rodney Crowell

Glasgow Girl

Rodney Crowell


Tom: G

Intro G for 4 bars….. then 4 beats of G Bm C D
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I'm stuck out on the Ring Road, tonight the stars are crossed
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If I don't find my way around soon, I'm sure to end up lost
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Sheffield has that certain mix of danger and despair
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I need to roll these windows down and breathe the cold night air

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I said goodbye to Camden Town as night was falling fast
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In a borrowed, beat up step van and a tank of petrol gas
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And I'm riding on the wrong side like some blue Yank flyboy clown
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I'm trying to read these road signs while I'm staring headlights down

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Glasgow Girl,      skin like milk, hair black silk
D                       G
And eye's like cobalt pearl

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The Glasgow Girl assured me she liked my Texas drawl
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And if I ever passed that way again I should be sure to call
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I tracked her down to Aberdeen, and I'm trying to get up north
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Across the Scottish lowlands far beyond the Firth of Forth

G       C     D  D   G          C
Glasgow Girl,      skin like milk, hair black silk
D                       G
And eye's like cobalt pearl 

 
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The Roman's built these roads to last another thousand years
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And I'm riding around in circles like it starts and ends right here
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The raindrops on my windshield now have turned to ice and snow
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I'm stuck out on the Ring Road with a million miles to go


G       C     D  D   G               C
Glasgow Girl,      skin like milk, hair black silk
D                       G
And eye's like cobalt pearl
G               C
skin like milk, hair black silk
D                       G
And eye's like cobalt pearl