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Johnny Cash - Witchita Lineman(full) (Chord)
Submitter: macg1 (50) on 4/8/04
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WITCHITA LINEMAN by Glen Campbell, Dwight Yoakum, and Johnny Cash.
Written by Jimmy Webb

Chord Formations:  
Bb       = x13331  C      = x32010
Bb(add9) = x13311  F/A    = x03211
Gm       = 355333  Dm7    = xx0311
Am7      = x0212x  G      = 320003 or 320033 
D        = xx0232  A7sus  = x05755
Gm7      = 353333  C9     = x02010
Dm       = xx0231  Bbmaj7 = x13231

INTRO: Bb C Bb C

                       Bb(add9)
I am a lineman for the county,
F/A                      Gm
    And I drive the main road,
Dm7              Am7      G          D     
Searchin' in the sun for another overload.
                          C
I hear you singing in the wires,
                           G     Gm
I can hear you through the whine,
                 D       A7sus                 Bb   C Bb C 
And the Witchita Lineman       is still on the line.

                      Bb(add9)
I know I need a small vacation,
F/A                        Gm
    But it don't look like rain,
    Dm7              Am7
And if it snows that stretch down south
      G              D
Won't ever stand the strain.
                              C
And I need you more than want you,
                       G    Gm
And I want you for all time.
                         A7sus                 Bb   C Bb C
And the Witchita Lineman       is still on the line.

SOLO: As soon as C is being hit the second time the solo starts.

e-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------22-022--22-22/4
D------2-0---0-2/4------------2-0----------22-------4-------
A-0-2-4---4/2------------0-2-4---4-2------------------------
E-----------------------------------0-----------------------

D---0-2
G----4-
then G is strummed and hit D let it ring:
(Note that the chords being played over the solo go as:
Bb Am7 Gm Dm C G D something like that)

                                 C
And I need you more that want you
                       G   Gm7
And I want you for all time
                         A7sus                 Bb  C Bb C
And the Witchita Lineman       is still on the line

Bb C Bb C    Bb
 
pick all the strings slowly and strum for the outro on the last chord. I don't 
play it exactly like this I change around some of the chords a bit to play it 
in a different way. But the chords are somewhat familiar to the Dwight Yoakum 
recording. I can't remember exactly how the original Glen Campbell version is 
played but I think that it's the same. I have a tab for his version and the 
chords are all different but I don't think that one is right.
 
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