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St Estephe
Ted Wulfers
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St. Estephe
By Ted Wulfers
From the Album: Agave Blue 2002
Chords used in this song:
C Am F G C/B
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C Am
Met on an interstate
F C
Bound for Carolina
Am C
Sure is hard to get there
F C
But your soul knows the way
C Am
She had the gift of tongue
F C
Laurels and medals
Am C
He gave up that life
F C
Long before today
G F C C/B
She was fourteen years old
Am F C C/B
He was barely a man
Am G F
Now she's pickin' up her life
G C F F C F F
An' he sings with the band
C Am
Her eyes light up the night
F C
Like itty bits o' sequin
Am C
She likes his face
F C
A story of its own
C Am
Company's a fright
F C
Lonely in Manhattan
Am C
Waiting for a savior
F C
Or to see his show
G F C C/B
She grew out her hair
Am F C C/B
Says she wants to be a star
Am G F
It's a long road to heaven
G
From the backseat of a car C F F C C C/B
Am G F C
A dancer, a poet, a living existential
Am F C C/B
Nothing St. Estephe cannot save
Am G F C
One can escape from running in circles
Am F G
Promises die in the grave
C Am
Night they finally spent
F C
Winona, Minnesota
Am C
A pretty face was born here
F C
The ugly pass away
C Am
Holy is the magic
F C
In this life or after
Am C
Romance is a stranger
F C
Lets a lover stay
G F C C/B
Now she's twenty years old
Am F C C/B
And she's found another man
Am G F
She's lookin' back on life
G C FF C FF C FF CC
An' he sings in the band
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