C                                C7 C
Well tonight I'm gonna meet her
C                        C7 C
At the Hungry House Cafe
                                       G    G7
And I'm gonna give her all the lovin I can
C                    C7
She's gonna jump and holler
      F                 F7
Cause I saved up two dollars
    C                      G                  C
And we're gonna search and find that preacher man
C                        C7 G       C
Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire Elvira
C                                      C7 C
She's got eyes that look like heaven
C                      C7 C
Lips like sherry wine
                                                G     G7
She sure knows how to make a real poor boy feel fine
C                    C7
She's gonna jump and holler
      F                 F7
Cause I saved up two dollars
    C                      G                  C
And we're gonna search and find that preacher man
C                        C7 G      C
Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire Elvira
C                                    C7
She say giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow
C                            C7
Giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow
C7    G        C
Hi oh silver away yea yea

G  O

C                               C7 C
Well tonight I'm gonna meet her
C                         C7 C
At the Hungry House Cafe
                                       G  G7
And I'm gonna give her all the lovin I can
C                    C7
She's gonna jump and holler
      F              F7
Cause I saved up two dollars
    C                      G                  C
And we're gonna search and find that preacher man
C                        C7 G       C
Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire Elvira
C                        C7 G       C
Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire Elvira
C                                    C7
She say giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow
C                            C7
Giddy up oom poppa oom poppa mow mow
C7    G        C
Hi oh silver away yea yea


        From Rodney Crowell "Ain't Living Long Like This"
        Warner Brothers Records  1978
        Copyright Acuff Rose Publishing