Shovels & Rope - Keeper

^ALu lives by the river and she's got herself a ^Dgood good ^Aman Spends ^Ahalf the year off shore in lower ^DAlaba^Am Her ^Afriends say she should leave him and come join them in the ^Dwest coast ^Asand But she ^Aknows she's got a keeper and they'll never really ^Dunder^Astand ^Aun-^Abder-^F#msta-^Abaa-^Aand ^{D A}

She puts a ^Dline in the water when the sun comes up, starts ^Edrinkin' when it's goin' down ^ADancin' all alone to the radio till her ^Dman comes back around She might go down to Pensacola, maybe ^Elay out on the ol' gulf shore But ^Ashe don't go to bars at home with^Dout him anymore She don't care about what they say, she don't ^Elisten anyway

All the ^Aroughneck rounders playing cards around a ^DTV ^Aset ^AWaitin' around for somethin'[ that hadn't ^Dhappened ^Ayet ^AJokin' with a dancer she says, "I can help^D you t^Ao forget" But he ^Aknows he's got a keeper so he smiles and lights a ^Dciga^Arette And ^Atips ^Abhis ^F#mhaa-^Abaa-^Aaat ^{D A}

He puts his ^Dhead on the pillow when the sun comes up, starts ^Eworkin' when it's going down ^AMelting hot steel down in Bienville, just ^Dwaiting on a turnaround He starts thinkin' about Pensacola, he could be ^Efishin' on the ol' gulf shore But ^Ahe don't like to do those things with^Dout her anymore He don't care about what they say, he never ^Elistened anyway

They put t^Dheir lines in the water when the sun comes up, s^Etart drinkin' when it's going down ^ADancing real slow to the radio cause her ^Dman's come back around They might go down to Pensacola, do a little ^Efishin' on the ol' gulf shore ^AThey don't like to stay out all night the ^Dway they did before They don't care about what they say, she never ^Elistens anyway