The Handsome Family – Bowling Alley Bar (Guitar)

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From the album Last Days of Wonder [VERSE 1] N.C. D Dented cars make me think of you
G             D
sitting on a red leather stool

G                   D         Bm
drinking with your sunglasses on

        A             G
at the bowling alley bar.
[VERSE 2]
         D
And the sound of the crashing pins

   G               D
behind us when we kissed

    G                   D       Bm
the night I wrecked my father's car

        A               G       G/F#
behind the bowling alley bar.
[PRE-CHORUS]
Em            G
I'm so sorry Donna,

A
sorry about your sunglasses.

Em                G
I didn't mean to step on them;

                                A
I didn't mean to laugh when you cried.
[CHORUS]
              G  D      A       D
'Cause it was ne-ver a waste of time

     G                 D
to drink beer by your side

     G         Bm     D 
and watch the fallen pins

 A      G
set up right again.
[INTERLUDE] D G D G D Bm A G [VERSE 3]
        D
Skinny girls in tight red jeans

G             D
kicking cigarette machines;

G               D    Bm
that old woman all alone

        A              G        F#/G 
dirty dancing by the phones.
[PRE-CHORUS]
Em         F#/G    G
Driving circles at 3am,

          A
throwing rocks at mailboxes,

Em         F#/G  G
you could never see the stars

                              A
with those plastic sunglasses on.
[CHORUS]
           G  D      A       D
But it was ne-ver a waste of time

    G                  D
to get drunk by your side

     G         Bm     D 
and watch the fallen pins

 A      G               
set up right again.
A Bm C#m D