Drag Queens In Limousines

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F                                     C 
I Hated High school, I prayed it would end. 
C                                                            F 
The jocks and their girls, it was their world, I didn't fit in. 
F                                                      Bb 
Mama said, "Baby, it's the best school that money can buy, 
C                                           F 
Be strong, hold your head up,  c'mon Mary, try." 

F                                                  C 
I stole mama's car on a Sunday and left home for good, 
C                                                      F 
Moved in with my friends in the city, in a bad neighborhood. 
F                                   Bb 
Charles was a dancer, he loved the ballet, 
C                                            F 
And Kimmy sold pot and read Keroac and Hemmingway. 

F                   Bb 
Drag Queens in Limousines 
        F 
Nuns in blue jeans 
             C 
Dreamers with big dreams 
           F 
All took me in 

F                                          C 
Charly and I flipped burgers to cover the rent 
C                                   F 
And Bourbons at Happy hour for .35 cents 
F                                                  Bb 
One day before work we got drunk and danced in the rain 
     C                                                          F 
They fired us both, They said, "Don't ya'll come back here again." 

F                   Bb 
Drag Queens in Limousines 
        F 
Nuns in blue jeans 
             C 
Dreamers with big dreams 
           F 
All took me in 

F  C   C F   F Bb  C F 

F                                                  C 
My daddy went to college, and he worked for the state 
C                                              F 
He never quit nothing and he wanted me to graduate. 
F                                            Bb 
My brother and sister both play in the marching band 
     C                                                     F 
They tell me they miss me, but I know they don't understand. 
Dm               Bb               F 
Sometimes you got do, what you gotta do 
     C                                                   F 
And pray that the people you love, will catch up with you. 

F                   Bb 
Drag Queens in Limousines 
        F 
Nuns in blue jeans 
             C 
Dreamers with big dreams 
            F 
Poets and AWOL marines 
F           Bb 
Actors and Bar Flys 
              F 
Writers with Dark Eyes 
             C 
Drunks that Philosophize 
              F 
These are my friends