Young Lover, Strong Swimmers Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

G C G C

GWell Val and CJohnny out Gin break neck Cwood G

 She’s on his nCerves and the Fcar’s not rCunning good

 And theG last stations CgonGe on the Cradio

 and it’sG late and dark and CcoldF and iCt’s turned to snow

 and the cFigarette lighter Cwarms his face as he

Grolls down his Cwindow Gto help keep Chimself Gawake

well back on Laurier well she danced for him

in a beat up apartment to kris kristopherson

with a newspaper hat and a t shirt to fight the cold

till it taken her to get beer well she’d run across the road

and its one for our friends and too soon to quiet down

and she kicks off her old shoes and turns the stereo real loud

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Well she moved in with him after her room mates were out

and she had two bags of clothes and a plant and a leather couch

and they painted the walls and moved the furniture around

to make a fresh start and he cooked her dinner

and she bought him beer in the local bar

and she told long stories

and he kicked her ass in pool

and she was working a store job

and he was going back to school

well they first met on a back porch in a hurricane

at a house warming party somebody had on St Urbain

and it’s late and too cold for her to walk alone

he was way too drunk for a cab so he drove her home

and her head rattled against the window in time to Blue Wing

and he let her off at home and said, “Hey, I’d really love to see you again.”

piano break

now they’re out on the highway and they’re running out of gas

and the windows are frozen and the windshield wipers fly up

and it’s four in the morning and they both got frozen feet and he drinks

his ninth cup of coffee and falls asleep

and she screams the tires skid and he reach’s his arms out to protect her

as they break through the wall of the bridge and disappear into the river

piano break