Reckless Kelly – Thelma (Guitar)

     C                      Dm
I'm down to one key in my pocket,

     F            G        C
the bus station locker downtown,

     G
the soles of my shoes ,

        C          Am
are as thin as my wallet,

  Dm                           G
i been sleeping close to the ground

     C                   Dm
but buried up here in my memory,

     F            G           C
is a head full of living room hits,

  G                       C          Am
i wrote about thelma when we were an item,

   Dm            G            C
and i was worth more than two bits,

        F                     C
so i'll sing you a song about thelma,

    G                    C
if you have a quarter to spare,

    G                    C         Am
if you had the time or a bottle of wine,

     Dm                  G
that you'd be willing to share,

    F                     C
and later i'll show you a picture,

   G                         C
of thelma when she's in her prime,

   G                  C            Am
if you want to see mr i've got the key,

        Dm          G           C
and the bus station locker take dimes,

   C                   Dm
i had me a band in the 60's,

   F            G       C
we played east texas a lot

 G                   C          Am
thelma could sing so we moved nashville,

    Dm               G
and in '68, she got hot,

    C                  Dm
a high flyin' record producer,

       F         G            C
told thelma he'd make her a star,

     G                          C         Am
he wined her and dined her and stole her away

    Dm           G         C
and left me with my old guitar,

    C                    Dm
she died last year on my birthday,

     F       G         C
the day that i turned 65,

G                     C           Am
most have forgotten including her fans,

        Dm                  G
but i'm keeping her memory alive,

      C                     Dm
cuz i've got this key in my pocket,

      C         G  C
i've had since '72,

      G                         C          Am
i've built her a shrine in that locker downtown,

       Dm            G               C
and i think she'd be pleased if she knew

        F                      C
so i'll sing you a song about thelma,

    G                     C
if you have a quarter to spare,

   G                      C          Am
if you have the time or a bottle of wine,

     Dm                  G
and you'd be willing to share,

 F                    C
later i'll show you a picture,

    G                       C
of thelma when she's in her prime,

    G                C           Am
if you wanna see mr i've got the key,

        Dm          G             C
and the bus station locker takes dimes

     G              C            Am
if you wanna see mr i've got the key

        Dm           G           C
and the bus station locker takes dimes