Dime Store Rings

G C G Mary married her high school love the summer she turned eighteen G They pulled out of town with the windows down C G With a couple of dime store rings G C D G Running low on cash they ran out of gas just outside of Abilene G C G So Billy got a job down at Brown’s feedlot punchin’ cattle for their room and board G C G He worked day and night but he was never too tired to do the one thing they could afford G C D G Nine months went by sweet Mary cried and the first of four was born C They’ve got a five year plan toward a little piece of land G And a start to a pretty good life C G A love that’s bigger than the west Texas sky......... Em D C They’ve got a long hard road but they both know That all they’ll ever need G C G Is a whole lotta faith, a few good breaks and a couple of dime store rings G C G Babies to raise and a bank note to pay on a little three bedroom house G C G With doctors changed to football games then college and wedding vows G C D G The years went by and sweet Mary cried and their youngest son moved out. C G They’ve got a retirement plan on a little piece of land on their way to an easy life C G A love that’s bigger than the west Texas sky...... Em D C Now their back on their own but they both know that all they’ll ever need G C D G Is a whole lotta faith, a few good breaks and a couple of dime store rings. G C G I went home from Tennessee the day mom passed away G C G All of us kids together again lord, how time slips away G C D G With tears in our eyes we all just smiled when daddy got up to say C G I’ve had a chance to be dad on a little piece of land 50 years with the love of my life C G Soon I’ll meet her in that west Texas sky...... Em D C I can hardly wait to see her at the gate and walk those golden streets G C D G With a whole lotta faith, a few good breaks and a couple of dime store rings. Final Verse G C G Mary married her high school love the summer she turned eighteen G They pulled out of town with the windows down C With a couple of dime store rings......