[Intro]
G G
C/G G
[Verse 1]
G
Rita was sixteen years
G
hazel eyes and chestnut hair
C/G G
She made the Woolworth counter shine
G
And Eddie was a sweet romancer
G
And a darn good dancer
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
[Verse 2]
G
Now Eddie played the steel guitar
G
mama cried as he played the bars
C/G G
He kept young Rita out late at night
G
So they married up in Abilene
G
Lost a child in Tennessee
C/G G
Oh and still that love survived
[Chorus]
G Am
cuz they’d sing dance a little closer to me
G
Dance a little closer now
Am D
Dance a little closer tonight
G Am
Dance a little closer to me
Am
Cuz it’s closing time and love’s on sale
D G
tonight at this five and dime
[Verse 3]
G
One of the boys in Eddie’s band
G
He took a shine to Rita’s hand
C/G G
So Eddie ran off with the bass man’s wife
G
Oh but he was back by June
G
singin’ a different tune
C/G G
And sporting Ms. Rita back by his side
[Chorus]
G Am
cuz he’d sing dance a little closer to me
G
Dance a little closer now
Am D
Dance a little closer tonight
G Am
Dance a little closer to me
Am
Cuz it’s closing time and love’s on sale
D G
tonight at this five and dime
[Instrumental]
G G
C/G G
G G
C/G G
[Verse 4]
G
Eddie traveled with the bar room bands
G
Till arthritis took his hands
C/G G
Now he sells insurance on the side
G
And Rita’s got her house to keep
G
Dime store novels and a love so sweet
C/G G
They dance to the radio late at night
[Chorus]
G Am
And they’d sing dance a little closer to me
G
Dance a little closer now
Am D
Dance a little closer tonight
G Am
Dance a little closer to me
Am
Cuz it’s closing time and love’s on sale
D G
tonight at this five and dime
[Verse 1]
G
Rita was sixteen years
G
hazel eyes and chestnut hair
C/G G
She made the Woolworth counter shine
G
And Eddie was a sweet romancer
G/B
And a darn good dancer
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
[Intro]
G G
C/G G
[Verse 1]
G
Rita was sixteen years
G
hazel eyes and chestnut hair
C/G G
She made the Woolworth counter shine
G
And Eddie was a sweet romancer
G
And a darn good dancer
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
[Verse 2]
G
Now Eddie played the steel guitar
G
mama cried as he played the bars
C/G G
He kept young Rita out late at night
G
So they married up in Abilene
G
Lost a child in Tennessee
C/G G
Oh and still that love survived
[Chorus]
G Am
cuz they’d sing dance a little closer to me
G
Dance a little closer now
Am D
Dance a little closer tonight
G Am
Dance a little closer to me
Am
Cuz it’s closing time and love’s on sale
D G
tonight at this five and dime
[Verse 3]
G
One of the boys in Eddie’s band
G
He took a shine to Rita’s hand
C/G G
So Eddie ran off with the bass man’s wife
G
Oh but he was back by June
G
singin’ a different tune
C/G G
And sporting Ms. Rita back by his side
[Chorus]
G Am
cuz he’d sing dance a little closer to me
G
Dance a little closer now
Am D
Dance a little closer tonight
G Am
Dance a little closer to me
Am
Cuz it’s closing time and love’s on sale
D G
tonight at this five and dime
[Instrumental]
G G
C/G G
G G
C/G G
[Verse 4]
G
Eddie traveled with the bar room bands
G
Till arthritis took his hands
C/G G
Now he sells insurance on the side
G
And Rita’s got her house to keep
G
Dime store novels and a love so sweet
C/G G
They dance to the radio late at night
[Chorus]
G Am
And they’d sing dance a little closer to me
G
Dance a little closer now
Am D
Dance a little closer tonight
G Am
Dance a little closer to me
Am
Cuz it’s closing time and love’s on sale
D G
tonight at this five and dime
[Verse 1]
G
Rita was sixteen years
G
hazel eyes and chestnut hair
C/G G
She made the Woolworth counter shine
G
And Eddie was a sweet romancer
G/B
And a darn good dancer
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
C/G G
When they’d waltz the aisles of the five & dime
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