C F
She road a slow train to the city she was young and she was pretty
C G7
A full grown mountain woman that had blossomed in the spring
C F
She took a job at waiting tables at the House of Seven Gables
C G7 C
That's where she met the man from Bowling Green
G7 C
He was somewhat older with hair down on his shoulders
F C G7
And he knew how to touch a lady and he must have touched her dreams
F C F
Sung her songs and called her baby till that country girl went crazy
C G7 C
For that guitar picking man from Bowling Green
F
Well he got what he was after and after that he left her
C G7
He packed up his guitar caught a westbound train
C F
It was just another city where the country girls were pretty
C G7 C
Easy picking for the man from Bowling Green
F
Well he got what he was after and after that he left her
C G7
He packed up his guitar caught a westbound train
C F
It was just another city where the country girls were pretty
C G7 C
Easy picking for the man from Bowling Green
G7 C
Now her life is twisted like some West Virginia back-road
F C G7
And the House of Seven Gables has got a brand new queen
F C F
To anyone that is buying sheâ??ll drink to keep from crying
C G7 C
For that guitar picking man from Bowling Green
F C G7 C
Yes she loved that guitar man from Bowling Green