Misc Your Songs - Jim jacobsen - tattered fabric

^EWorking in an o^A7ld country diner ^EA hollow bell rings when you open up the doo^B7r ^EShe’s cleaning off the tables as she^A7 listens to the fables ^Efrom the truckers coming in off ^B744 ^E

^EShe just outsid^A7e of Tulsa Oklahoma ^EAnd planned on making it on to Nashville Ten^B7nessee ^ESomewhere along the way her blue sky^A7 dream it turned to gray ^ENow all thats left are dusty me^B7mor^Eies

^EBut she still smiles lik^Ae the world is her oyster ^{Em E}Like she’s aware of som^Aething nobody else knows ^{Em E}Has a good word for e^Averyone she meets ^{Em B}Lives a life that’s more complete ^EmLike every days a chance to get it r^A7ight ^EmNo she just won’t give in and w^B7on’t give up the fi^Emght

^AOvercoming is sign that your still l^Emivin ^Emthings ain’t as r^Aosey as they were when you were ^Emnew ^Emto Over^Acome you got to hit your knees ^Bpray to God and then release ^Emthe thing thats got you stuck inside your bl^A7ues ^Emyou overcome it when your l^B7ife’s been rough on ^Emyou

^EHe’s toolin dow^A7n the highway in his Chevy ^EHis heavy eyes were nearly heavy as his hear^B7t ^EHe thinks “I better pull off before ^A7I go and doze off ^EmAnd rolled into that diners par^B7king lot ^Em

^EThe hollow bell^A7 announced him as he walked in ^EShe could tell he was a broken hearted man ^{B7 E}She smiled and offered up a cup said^A7 “hey bud how long he’d been up” ^EAnd then listened to his story^B7 till the end ^E

^EAnd when he finished u^Ap she flashed him a warm smi^Ele ^EAnd said I hope you ^Aknow that you are not alone ^{E E}That everyone whose eve^Ar dared to dream ^{E B}Gambles losing everything ^EBut living any other way a lie ^{A7 E}you just embrace the tattered^B7 fabric of your lif^Ee

Ov^Aercoming is sign that your still liv^Emin ^Emthings ain’t as r^Aosey as they were when you were ^Emnew ^Emto Over^Acome you got to hit your knees ^Bpray to God and then release ^Emthe thing thats got you stuck inside your bl^A7ues ^Emyou overcome it when your l^B7ife’s been rough on ^Emyou