(capo 3rd fret)
Intro
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003| intro only)
G
She was livin' in a cadillac
GBedded down in the back seat
On a back street of the Hollywood hills
DWith a shoebox museum of memories
D GOld photos and medical bills
She'd been a great actress in two dozen movies
G G7 CPlayed Shakespeare on the great London stage
C GBefore the three husbands, six kids and bad breaks
Of fifty-eight odd years of age
Him they called fat boy wore grey overalls
G DAnd he clocked in at four hundred pounds
DWith a passion for food and film magazines
He'd been a great critic downtown
GHe'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face
G G7 CHeard her story and took her on in
Though she bore no resemblance to the star he adored
G D G G7The film's over before real life begins
Chorus
G7 C
She told him of a fountain of youth
In the hot Texas earth
D CIt'll heal and renew us
C DIt's somewhere west of Fort Worth
And she met Errol Flynn there
C G CIn the Crazy Water Hotel
C AmAnd they danced down the street
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
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G
So they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain
G DFat boy and the aging film queen
Through the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas
D GAmarillo plain to Abilene
GThey got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee
Caught the local to old Mineral Wells
C GAnd it dropped them in front of that boarded up palace
G D GCalled the Crazy Water Hotel
G
Disillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway
Drank vodka from a styrofoam cup
DThere'd be no healing return to the past
D GThe fountain of youth had dried up
So the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka
G G7 CAs the great Texas sun rose and fell
C GAnd drunk but still dreaming they waltzed down the street
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
Repeat Chorus
C Am
They danced down the street
Am D G C G D GIn the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
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