Biography:
Mickey Leroy Gilley was born 9th March 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. Best known as a Country music singer and piano player, he moved to Houston at age 17 and began playing rock n roll in local clubs, cutting "Tell Me Why" and "Oo-ee-baby" for the local Minor label. He experienced little success on a succession of labels - Dot (Memphis), Rex (New Orleans), Khoury (Lake Charles, Louisiana) until in 1960 he cut "Is It Wrong" for Potomac which became a regional hit.
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Other songs:
- A Headache Tomorrow Or A Heartache Tonight
- A New Way To Live
- Backslide
- Before It Begins
- Big Ole Texas Tears
- Bring It On Home To Me
- City Lights
- Dont The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time
- Doo Wah Days
- Everything Turned To Love
- Fool For Your Love
- Grapevine
- Here Comes The Hurt Again
- Honky Tonk Christmas
- Honky Tonk Memories
- Hungry For The Sunshine
- I Aint Giving Up Nothing
- I Overlooked An Orchid
- I Still Care
- If I Didnt Have A Dime
- Is It Wrong
- It Aint Gonna Worry My Mind
- Jukebox Argument
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Lonely Nights
- Make The World Go Away
- Room Full Of Roses
- Shes Pulling Me Back Again
- Stand By Me
- Talk To Me
- The Song We Made Love To
- True Love Ways
- Without You
- You Dont Know Me
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- Your First Time
- Your Love Shines Through
- Youve Really Got A Hold On Me
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Don't the Girls All Get Prettier
At Closing Time:Mickey Gilley.
#1 BB Hot Country on PLAYBOY Records
in 1976.
C
INTRO: (One, two, one, two, three go!!)
CHORUS:
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G C G
Oh, they all begin to look like movie stars.
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G Gm7 G
When the change starts taking place, it puts
Gm7 G
a glow on every face..of the fallen angels
G C
of the back street bars.
#1.
C F
If I could rate them on a scale from one to ten.
G C
I'm looking for a nine but eight could work
right in.
C
Few more drinks and I might slip to five or even
F
four.
G
But when tomorrow morning comes, and I wake up
G C
with a number one..I swear I'll never do it anymore.
CHORUS:
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G C G
Oh, they all begin to look like movie stars.
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G Gm7 G
When the change starts taking place, it puts
Gm7 G
a glow on every face..of the fallen angels
G C
of the back street bars.
INTERLUDE: C F D G C F G C
#2.
C Fm F
I don't mean to criticize the girls, at all.
G C
Cause I'm no Robert Redford, even overhauled.
G C
But we all picture in our minds a girl that looks
F
just right.
G
Now, ain't it funny, ain't it strange, the way a
man's opinions change, when he starts to face
C
that lonely night.
CHORUS:
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G C G
Oh, they all begin to look like movie stars.
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G Gm7 G
When the change starts taking place, it puts
Gm7 G
a glow on every face..of the fallen angels
G C
of the back street bars.
OUTRO:
G C
The fallen angels of the back street bars.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
At Closing Time:Mickey Gilley.
#1 BB Hot Country on PLAYBOY Records
in 1976.
C
INTRO: (One, two, one, two, three go!!)
CHORUS:
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G C G
Oh, they all begin to look like movie stars.
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G Gm7 G
When the change starts taking place, it puts
Gm7 G
a glow on every face..of the fallen angels
G C
of the back street bars.
#1.
C F
If I could rate them on a scale from one to ten.
G C
I'm looking for a nine but eight could work
right in.
C
Few more drinks and I might slip to five or even
F
four.
G
But when tomorrow morning comes, and I wake up
G C
with a number one..I swear I'll never do it anymore.
CHORUS:
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G C G
Oh, they all begin to look like movie stars.
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G Gm7 G
When the change starts taking place, it puts
Gm7 G
a glow on every face..of the fallen angels
G C
of the back street bars.
INTERLUDE: C F D G C F G C
#2.
C Fm F
I don't mean to criticize the girls, at all.
G C
Cause I'm no Robert Redford, even overhauled.
G C
But we all picture in our minds a girl that looks
F
just right.
G
Now, ain't it funny, ain't it strange, the way a
man's opinions change, when he starts to face
C
that lonely night.
CHORUS:
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G C G
Oh, they all begin to look like movie stars.
C Fm
All the girls all get prettier at closing
F
time.
G Gm7 G
When the change starts taking place, it puts
Gm7 G
a glow on every face..of the fallen angels
G C
of the back street bars.
OUTRO:
G C
The fallen angels of the back street bars.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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