Record Lady by Lyle Lovett
from "I Love Everybody"
Capo: 1
Chords relative to capo
[Intro]
G C G C A7 D7 Eb7 D7
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Robert Earl this friend of mine
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You know he's always looking after my best interest
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He told me: Lyle P. you need to get some action
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Get your head back in line
B7 C7
You need to get out on your own, boy
B7 C7
This hanging around here's got to stop
Eb7 D7
Get out on your own, boy
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And take a little trip to the record shop
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I said: The record shop?
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But, Robert, I don't need no records
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He just smiled and he said what you need is a
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Record lady (record lady)
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Record lady (record lady)
A7
She's got the cutest little cartridge
D7
That you've ever seen
Eb7 D7
She's a phonographic dream
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I didn't waste no time about it
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I put on my coat and shoes
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I packed up my old rocking chair
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And I left them hell on Church Street blues
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And I went down to the record shop
B7 C7
What else could I do?
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She was five-foot-one and three-quarters
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But Lord, she claimed she five-foot-two
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Well she looked at me with her big green eyes
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She said: Can I help you find something?
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I said: What you got on special?
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Record lady (record lady)
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Record lady (record lady)
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She's got the cutest little cartridge
D7
That you've ever seen
Eb7 D7
She's a phonographic dream
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Acting very sophisticated
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I began to browse around
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I walked up to the record lady
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And I said: I sure do like what I have found
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It would be so beautiful
B7 C7
Please, come away with me
Eb7 D7
We could run down to Istanbul
Eb7 D7
Or maybe even gay Paree
G C
Well she looked at me with her big green eyes
G C
She said: Can I help you find something?
G
I said: What you got on special?
G C
Record lady (record lady)
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Record lady (record lady)
A7
She's got the cutest little cartridge
D7
That you've ever seen
Eb7 D7
She's a phonographic dream
Eb7 D7
A phonographic dream
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One day you know I will see
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My phonographic fantasy
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In sweet fulfillment to the last detail
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Down in Acapulco or even somewhere else
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Just her and me together
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The whole day long
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Her and me together
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Playing them records all night long
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She's the record lady (record lady)
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Record lady (record lady)
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Record lady (record lady)
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She set 'er spinning mama (record lady)
Don't ever stop
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Record lady (record lady)
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Record lady (record lady)
A7 D7 Eb7 D7
Ooooh Ooooh Ooooh Ooooh
Eb7 D7
Ooooh Ooooh
F#7 G7