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Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo by Jens Lekman


         Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo



Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
C Am F G x2
 
[Verse 1]
     C
In a tiny, tiny southern Swedish country town
    Am
Two acres of field and a gas station
  F
Riding on my moped, looking for fun
   G
Staring into the blood red sun
        C
On the country road is a boulevard
      Am
With neon lights and night open bars
F
In my jacket a pack of playing cards
      G
Just jacks, jokers, and the queen of hearts
 
[Chorus]
F
  My heart is beating
Em
Beating like Ringo
Dm                   G
  As I pull into the drive-in bingo
 
[Interlude]
C Am F G x2
 
[Verse 2]
           C                                                          Am
Why do the people in the country want to look like the people in the city?
 
When the people in the city aren't the slightest pretty
F                                                          G
I want the people in the country to wear flannel shirts and saggy jeans all 
covered in dirt
           C
I want the people in the country to be open and kind
    Am
But most times I've met those with a narrow mind
       F
With a big black dog to bite your behind
        G
If they ever find out you're not one of their kind
 
[Chorus]
F                         Em
  All these thoughts as I open up a Zingo
Dm                     G
  Friday night at the drive-in bingo
 
[Interlude]
C Am F G x2
 
[Bridge]
Dm                            G
  So this is what they do out here for fun?
C                               F7      F
  They play bingo and let their engines run?
Dm                                      G
  Tonight's jackpot is a pig, hey that's criminal!
C                        F7        F
  G-42! Ooh, I'm going diagonal!
Dm                                G
  I'm gonna gather up a few of my friends
                            Em
As many fits into an army tent
                                       E
Just bring our savings and a bottle of wine
              F                   C       Am
To the Friday night's reversal of time!
 
[Verse 3]
            C
This little south-west village shouldn't cost that much
   F                 n.c.
Maybe a handful of silver or a hundred bucks
 
We could have wild, wild parties in that big old lodge
                                G
And the windmill's perfect for movies and such
          C
We could fake our deaths to get insurance money
             Am
And take on hippie names I'd be Snowphish, you'd be Sunny
         F
We could start a little farm with little white bunnies
              G
Just because watching them copulate is very funny
           C
There's a cow and an ostrich just waiting for you!
            Am
A glass of apple cider just waiting for you!
              F
The smell of 1952 just waiting for you!
    G
And all I'm doing here is just waiting for you...
 
[Chorus]
 F                Em
  A daydream, I'm caught up in limbo
Dm                    G
  Friday night at the drive-in bingo
 
[Outro]
C Am F G x4
C




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