Rear View Mirror
Words and Music - Fred Callaway
Appears on Our Green World
INTERLUDE (and intro)
F# E B (x3) F# Esus7
VERSE
F# A69 B/E
We were driving home / from the hippodrome
F# D E
Won a ton of cash / drinking sour mash
F# A69 B/E
I was cruising along / you were hitting the bong
F# E C#sus7
We were laughing like hell / feeling pretty swell
F# A69 B/E
Came upon a town / wasn't slowing down
F# D E
It was past midnight / not a person in sight
F# A B C#7 (#9)
Near an old gas pump / felt a real hard thump
(break!) .... and I said
CHORUS
F# A B
You're looking in the rear-view mirror
F# B/Eb E9 (Maj 7)
But I'm just trying to forget
F# A B
I told you that I didn't see her
Esus7 C#sus7
You sure she hasn't stood up yet?
INTERLUDE
I wouldn't call it assault / it was really her fault
Standing in the street / being so discreet
She was wearing all black / needle in a haystack
She was easy to miss / but easy not to miss
INTERLUDE
Pulled over for a bit / took another hit
She was still lying there / hope she has healthcare
Then a man came out / he was starting to shout
Your face filled with dread / and I said
CHORUS
I was speeding away / trying to allay
Your anxious affect / you were circumspect
What's your problem I asked / you looked at me aghast
I was unabashed / the police lights flashed
BRIDGE
(Siren sounds)
F#m C# D F (4x whole notes)
F#m A G# G (4x half notes
F#m Cdim Bm7 Esus7 (4x quarter notes)
F#m E B/Eb D (4x eighth notes
Then this thing:
C#7 (#5/#9) DMaj7 E FMaj7 ... twinkle into the distance ...
INTERLUDE
F# E B (x3) F# Esus7
LAST VERSE (chords copied for your convenience)
F# A69 B/E
In the back of the car / looking through the bars
F# D E
You were sobbing away / I felt pretty okay
F# A69 B/E
Just a matter of time / is driving drunk a crime?
F# E C#sus7
She was probably dead / but I said
CHORUS
F# A B
You're looking in the rear-view mirror
F# B/Eb E9 (Maj 7)
But I'm just trying to forget
F# A B
I told you that I didn't see her
Esus7 C#sus7
You sure she hasn't stood up yet?
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