Love and Theft - Town drunk

She ^Gused to come over to my house, she only ^Clived a few miles away I ^Gnever knew why but my mama said if she ^Cwanted she could stay A ^Dpretty little girl who fought like a boy but she ^Cwanted to hold my hand In a ^Dlittle blue dress that she always wore, yeah, I ^Cmight have been her only friend

I rem^Gember that summer like yesterday, she used to h^Cang around all the time ^GDown by the creek we would always play and tell ^Csecrets by the porch light ^DShy as a bird and timid as a flower I ^Cwondered where she grew up I ^Dnever really thought that much about it but ^Ceverybody said her daddy was the town ^Gdrunk

^CBroken like a ^Gbottle, running ^Emfrom the only ^Dhome she ever ^Chad Tangled ^Gin the talk behi^Dnd her back Yeah, ^Che thought she was n^Gothin', growing ^Emlike a weed on the ^Dwrong side of the ^Amtracks How could ^Canyone not love a girl like t^Ghat? ^C

^GOne afternoon in the middle of town, I saw her ^Cdaddy sleeping on a bench So ^GI walked up to him and introduced myself, said his d^Caughter was my best friend He ^Dlooked at me like he didn't care and he ^Casked me for a couple bucks Right ^Dthen I decided I'd look after that ^Cpretty little girl whose daddy was the town d^Grunk

^CBroken like a ^Gbottle, running ^Emfrom the only ^Dhome she ever ^Chad Tangled ^Gin the talk behi^Dnd her back Yeah, ^Che thought she was n^Gothin', growing ^Emlike a weed on the ^Dwrong side of the ^Amtracks How could ^Canyone not love a girl like t^Chat? ^{G D} girl like ^C that? ^{G D}

^CBroken like a ^Gbottle, running ^Emfrom the only ^Dhome she ever ^Chad Tangled ^Gin the talk behi^Dnd her back Yeah, ^Che thought she was n^Gothin', growing ^Emlike a weed on the ^Dwrong side of the ^Amtracks How could ^Canyone not love a girl like t^Ghat? ^C girl like ^G that? ^C

^GSeveral years later, I read in the paper that her ^Cdaddy had passed away I was^G holdin' her hand, she had the baby in the other there was ^Creally nothin' I could say She ^Dlooked at me and I gave her a kiss, all that really ^Cmattered was the three of us ^DNobody thought it would all work out for that ^Cpretty little girl whose daddy was the town drunk