White Rose

          C
Well the whole town came out to 
watch
    Am
the day they paved the parking lot
    Em
Somebody hung a ribbon up
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and then they cut it down

         C
And that big white rose upon that 
sign
    Am
put innocence in all our lives
Em
We could see its neon lights
F                 F
half a mile out

        C
Gas was fifty cents a gallon
     Am
They put it in for you
           Em
And they'd pump your tires and check
 your oil
    F                       F
and wash your windows too

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         C
And we'd shine those cars bright as 
bright
         Am
And we'd go park underneath that 
light
Em
Stare out at the prarie sky
          F                    F
There was nothing else to do

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                Am
But now there's plywood for glass
          Em
where the windows all got smashed
            F
And there's just a chuck of concrete
            G
where those old pumps used to stand
          Am
There's a couple of cars half outta 
the ground
         Em
And that oil sign still spins 'round
 and 'round
    F                              
But I guess the White Rose filling 
                 G      Am
station's just a memory now

        C
And the girls would spend a couple a
 bucks
        Am
just to meet the boys workin' at the
 pumps
    Em
And they'd grow up and fall in love
    F                     F
And they all moved away

C
Strangers used to stop and ask
    Am
how far they'd driven off the map
    Em
And then they built that overpass
             F                     
And now they stay out on the 
    F
highway

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         F
And that neon sign was the heart and
 soul
   Am
of this old one horse town
         G
And it's like it lost its will to 
live
    F
the day they shut it down