I Try to Think About Elvis — Patty Loveless
Chords and lyrics for I Try to Think About Elvis by Patty Loveless (key of E).
Verse 1
[E]I try to think about Elvis, Memphis, Oprah in the afternoon
I try to think about [A]palm trees, fig leaves, the [E]creature from the Black
Lagoon
I try to think about high heels, and good deals, anything to get me [C#m]through
[B]
I just can't [A]concentrate... you're all I [B]think about these[E] days
I try to contemplate the cosmos, what goes round and round the sky at night
I try to think about champange, freight trains slowly rolling out of sight
I try to focus on the headlines, street crimes, every time I think I might
I just can't concentrate... you're all I think about these days
My mind [C#m]wanders where it [F#]will when it [A]settles right on [E]you
I [C#m]forget what I should [F#]say, I [A]forget what I should [B]do
*Guitar Solo - D E A B E*
My mind wanders where it will when it settles right on you
I forget what I should say, I forget what I should do
*Spoken*
Ah, come on, Patty. Get it together
*Key Change - F#*
I try to think about [F#]Shakespeare, leap year, the Beatles or the Rolling
Stones
I try to think about [B]hair-do's, tattoos, [F#]sushi bars and saxophones
I try to think about the talk shows, new clothes but I guess I should've
[D#m]known [C#]
I just can't [B]concentrate... you're all the [C#]think about these[D#m] [G#]days [B]
you're all I [C#]think about [F#]these days
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