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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