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Big City Blues (written by Keith Gattis)
Performed by Charlie Robison Album: Good Times
Lick: phrase ending, most lines:
e|----------------|
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D|-------0---2----|
A|---0h2----------|
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Intro: Em
Verse 1
Em D Em
Skinny dippin’ in the Pedernales River
Em D Em
Country girl sure could make me shiver
Em D Em
Right now that’s just what I could use
Em D Em
To wash away these big city blues
Verse 2 (Same chord progression as Verse 1)
Hollywood stars beneath my feet
Everywhere I look I see concrete
I could use a little Southern rain
Blanco County calls my name
Chorus
Em D Em
Goddamn these big city blues
Em D Em
I got them big city blues
Em G G D Em
Someone done went and stole my favorite pair of boots
Em D Em
Goddamn these big city blues
Verse 3
Em D A
Daddy was a no count bull ridin’ son of a b***h
G D D Em
That’s what my momma said
Em D Em
She cursed the day they ever met
Em D G D Em
She’s the cutest small-town thing that he’d seen in the world
Em D Em
‘cept daddy loved big city girls
Chorus
Repeat Verse 1
comments/corrections welcomed
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Looks pretty good I think in the third verse it goes
pre> Em D A Daddy was a no account bullriding sonofab***h G D A that's what my mama said Em D Em curse the day the ever met Em G D She's the cutest smalltown girl that he's A Em seen in the world but.../pre> and I think the A is in that same progression throughout. -Dragna | 6/28/2008 |
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