Ghosts Of Saturday Night chords

[Bb7]A cab combs [Eb9]the snake,
[Bb7]Tryin' to ra[Eb9]ke in that last night's fare,
[Bb7]And a solitary sailor
Who spends the facts of [Am7]his life like small c[D7]hange on strangers...

[Bb7]Paws his inside P-coat pocket for a[Eb9] welcome twenty-five cents,
[Bb7]And the last bent butt from a packa[Eb9]ge of Kents,
[Bb7]As he dreams of a waitress with Maxwell House eyes
And marmalade thi[Am7]ghs with scrambled yel[D7]low hair.

[Bb7]Her rhinestone-studded moniker says[Eb9] , "Irene"
[Bb7]As she wipes the wisps of dishwater[Eb9] blonde fr[Bb7]om her eyes
[Am7] [D7]

[Bb7]And the Texaco beacon b[Eb9]urns on,
[Bb7]The steel-belted attend[Eb9]ant with a 'Ring and Valve Sp[Bb7]ecial'...
Cryin' "Fill'er up and [Am7]check that oil"
"You know it could be a distributor and it co[D7]uld be a coil."

[Bb7]The early mornin' final edition's on [Eb9]the stands,
[Bb7]And that town cryer's cryin' there with [Eb9]nickels in his hands.
[Bb7]Pigs in a blanket sixty[Am7] -nine [D7]cents,
[Bb7]Eggs - roll 'em over and a package of[Eb9] Kents,
[Bb7]Adam and Eve on a log, you can sink '[Eb9]em damn[Bb7] straight,
[Am7]Hash browns, hash browns, you k[D7]now I can't be late.

[Bb7]And the early dawn cracks out a carpe[Eb9]t of diamond
[Bb7]Across a cash crop car lot filled wit[Eb9]h twilight Coupe Devilles,
Leaving the town i[Am7]n a-keeping
Of the one who is sweepi[D7]ng
[Bb7] [Eb9] Outro
Up the ghost of Saturday night...