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Double Shifts At The Spanish Main

from Live At ACMA October 29, 2016 by Andy Getch

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The Spanish Main restaurant sat along U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. My mom worked as a waitress there in the early 1970's. The story in the song is fictional. The business closed over 30 years ago and the building was torn down and replaced by a La Quinta Inn. Co-written with Becky Warren.

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Double Shifts at the Spanish Main
Words and music by Andy Getch and Becky Warren

A F#m D A
“I got customers,” she tells them, when they wanna buy her a drink
A B7 D A
With each glass they down they throw their money around and hit the tip jar with a wink
C#7
They got tan lines where their rings should be
F#m B7
Saccharine in their pleas
Bm F#m D A
The ropes and the rivets at the Spanish Main open their hearts like a master key

CHORUS:
E D A
The old men say, “Hey Betsy, lemme take you away”
E D A
“I got a hotel room with a beach side view and twenty dollar bills for days”
Bm F#m
She just laughs when they start playin’
A G D
Actin’ like she’s the one who needs saving
E A G D
From double shifts at the Spanish Main
E A G D
Double shifts at the Spanish Main


She used to let on she was thinking about it, now she don’t need tips that much
She’s got a man who works days near the Everglades and she and him do well enough
But the Cadillacs keep pulling up
Full of men who call her buttercup
So she pours ‘em another and brings em their supper and keeps her own mouth shut

CHORUS

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from Live At ACMA October 29, 2016, released November 7, 2016
Andy Getch - vocal and guitar
Words and music by Becky Warren and Andy Getch
Find Becky Warren's music at www.beckywarren.com and www.greatunknowns.com

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