OH JIMMY 2007 - SLAUGHTER MOUNTAIN

OH JIMMY
capo @ 4 or 5 live

C Am F G
On page thirty of the yearbook he found a picture sweet
A girl named Marie Angel, in school right down the street
Dm walk down G
He didn’t notice that the date was 1983. Oh, Jimmy!
C Am F G
Oh, Jimmy!

That night he told his mother he’d finally found the one
She smiled and hugged her angel. She said, “That’s wonderful, son.”
She didn’t stop to ask him who this girl could be.
Oh, Jimmy! Oh, Jimmy!

Later in the evening, something on her mind
Prompted her to ask about her darling’s loving find
He said, “I found her picture in a book at Dugan’s store.” Oh, Jimmy! Oh, Jimmy!

He said, “Her (Bb) name is Marie Angel,” and his (A) mom began to cry.
She (Bb) couldn’t even say the words when (A) Jimmy asked her, “Why?”
Dm Step down…to G
How do you keep a secret you always thot was best?
Oh, Jimmy! Oh, Jimmy!

On page ninety the yearbook is a picture of that girl
She stands by Jimmy’s father.
King and queen of the Homecoming world.
Nobody seemed to notice the queen was great with child.
Oh, Jimmy! Oh, Jimmy!
Bb A
No more words were spoken about that day again
Jimmy bought the yearbook and he holds it now and then
Dm walk down
Perhaps some things are best left unspoken if you can.
Oh, Jimmy! Oh, Jimmy!

(C) 2007 ROYAL T MUSIC

One night when I was at Lisa’s in Nashville we had been writing a song called HICKORY STIX. Before we finished it, Lisa went off to bed. I still had some energy left and an idea about a picture of a girl I’d seen in Mom’s 1939 high school yearbook. Her name was Marie Angel. All the kids in the book looked old fashioned but Marie looked alive, familiar. That picture had haunted me. I’d asked Mom about her but she didn’t remember her. I wrote this song that night.