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Shady Rest
Recorded by Mel Street
Written by Bob McDill

C                         F                 G7              C        F G7
Oh she was twenty-one she liked to have her fun and she was restless
      C                        F                  G7           C        F G7
And I met her through a friend just one look then I knew I was helpless
    F                        C
And there beside the highway underneath the trees
           F                  G7
There were fifteen cozy rooms and a coke machine
        C
And the summer nights were warm
   F            G7                C
We found a home away from home at Shady Rest

                             F                    G7          C      F G7
They said she married well I read all they had to tell in the papers
      C                           F             G7               C    F G7
And I thought she had it all till she gave me a call three weeks later
    F                        C
And there beside the highway underneath the trees
           F                  G7
There were fifteen cozy rooms and fourteen vacancies
        C
And the autumn nights were cool
   F            G7                C
We found a home away from home at Shady Rest

    G7                           C                F
Our love was somehow special our love was somehow blessed
            C                       G7
Through the years it never faltered down at Shady Rest
C                         F             G7                 C      F G7
Now she's thirty-one with three kids at home and a husband waiting
      C                        F                G7         C      F G7
And I got kids of my own but I spend my time at home anticipating
    F                        C
And there beside the highway underneath the trees
             F                G7
We spend two nights a week in good old number three
        C
And the winter nights are cold
   F            G7                C
We found a home away from home at Shady Rest

F           C
(Shady Rest Shady Rest) stay a little longer
F           C
(Shady Rest Shady Rest) please don't go
F          C
Shady Rest Shady Rest) honey don't worry
F           C
(Shady Rest Shady Rest) nobody's gonna know
F           C
(Shady Rest Shady Rest)

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