Chords for Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakem
Tempo:
109.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[F] Thank you.
[Dm] You know, I'm [F] Buck Owens and Bakersfield, California has been [G] home to me and [D] my music
for many [G] years.
But it wasn't always that way.
I was born in Sherman, [C] Texas into a family
of dirt poor [G] sharecroppers.
You know, that was [Em] right in the middle of the [C] Great Depression.
[Em] We traveled west just like so [C] many others and we worked in the fields [Bb] of Arizona, [Dm] picking
cotton, vegetables, and then we [F] made our way to Bakersfield [G] where there was at least
a promise of a better life.
[C] We [G] didn't have much of anything in those days, but [Em] one thing
that we [C] brought with us was the honky [Fm]-tonk music that we [C] loved.
Pretty soon some people
were calling [G] Bakersfield Nashville West.
And a lot of people worked hard and long to make
the [C] town an important country music [Fm] outpost.
My [C] dear friend, the great Don Rich, was one
of [G] those.
And of course, Bakersfield's own Merle Haggard.
Today I'm [B] happy to [Em] say that
[B] the [C] Bakersfield sound continues.
[G] [F] And you know, it's one of the [C] most popular [N] of the new singers
that I'm going to introduce to you right now.
He's a Kentucky boy and he found the recognition
that he deserves in California.
And I'm happy to say that he's carrying on the Bakersfield
tradition that began more than a half century ago.
Here is Dwight Yoakam!
[Abm] [Db]
[G] [E]
Well I'm a honky-tonk man, and I can't sing this time.
Well I'll forget the girls [A] in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it [E] on.
Hey, mama, can you daddy come home?
Well now I'm living wild [B] and dangerously.
[A] I've got plenty [E] of company.
The moon [Dbm] comes up [B] and the sun goes [Abm] down.
[A] I can't wait to [E] see the lights go down.
Cause I'm a honky-tonk man, and I can't sing this time.
Well I'll forget the [A] girls in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it on.
[E] Hey, mama, can you daddy come home?
[N]
[A]
[D] [E] You ready?
[A] I've [Bm] done a thousand [D] miles of thumbing.
[E] Yes, I've worn blisters on [A] my heels.
Trying to find me [D] something better [E] here on the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
[D] [A] You don't know me, but you [D] don't like me.
[E] You say you care, that's [A] how I feel.
How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
[E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
[E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
[D] [A] [N]
[F] Thank you.
[Dm] You know, I'm [F] Buck Owens and Bakersfield, California has been [G] home to me and [D] my music
for many [G] years.
But it wasn't always that way.
I was born in Sherman, [C] Texas into a family
of dirt poor [G] sharecroppers.
You know, that was [Em] right in the middle of the [C] Great Depression.
[Em] We traveled west just like so [C] many others and we worked in the fields [Bb] of Arizona, [Dm] picking
cotton, vegetables, and then we [F] made our way to Bakersfield [G] where there was at least
a promise of a better life.
[C] We [G] didn't have much of anything in those days, but [Em] one thing
that we [C] brought with us was the honky [Fm]-tonk music that we [C] loved.
Pretty soon some people
were calling [G] Bakersfield Nashville West.
And a lot of people worked hard and long to make
the [C] town an important country music [Fm] outpost.
My [C] dear friend, the great Don Rich, was one
of [G] those.
And of course, Bakersfield's own Merle Haggard.
Today I'm [B] happy to [Em] say that
[B] the [C] Bakersfield sound continues.
[G] [F] And you know, it's one of the [C] most popular [N] of the new singers
that I'm going to introduce to you right now.
He's a Kentucky boy and he found the recognition
that he deserves in California.
And I'm happy to say that he's carrying on the Bakersfield
tradition that began more than a half century ago.
Here is Dwight Yoakam!
[Abm] [Db]
[G] [E]
Well I'm a honky-tonk man, and I can't sing this time.
Well I'll forget the girls [A] in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it [E] on.
Hey, mama, can you daddy come home?
Well now I'm living wild [B] and dangerously.
[A] I've got plenty [E] of company.
The moon [Dbm] comes up [B] and the sun goes [Abm] down.
[A] I can't wait to [E] see the lights go down.
Cause I'm a honky-tonk man, and I can't sing this time.
Well I'll forget the [A] girls in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it on.
[E] Hey, mama, can you daddy come home?
[N]
[A]
[D] [E] You ready?
[A] I've [Bm] done a thousand [D] miles of thumbing.
[E] Yes, I've worn blisters on [A] my heels.
Trying to find me [D] something better [E] here on the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
[D] [A] You don't know me, but you [D] don't like me.
[E] You say you care, that's [A] how I feel.
How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
[E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
[E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
[D] [A] [N]
Key:
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A
C
G
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E
A
C
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Thank you.
_ [Dm] You know, I'm [F] Buck Owens and Bakersfield, California has been [G] home to me and [D] my music
for many [G] years.
But it wasn't always that way.
I was born in Sherman, [C] Texas into a family
of dirt poor [G] sharecroppers.
You know, that was [Em] right in the middle of the [C] Great Depression.
[Em] We traveled west just like so [C] many others and we worked in the fields [Bb] of Arizona, [Dm] picking
cotton, vegetables, and then we [F] made our way to Bakersfield [G] where there was at least
a promise of a better life.
[C] We [G] didn't have much of anything in those days, but [Em] one thing
that we [C] brought with us was the honky [Fm]-tonk music that we [C] loved.
Pretty soon some people
were calling [G] Bakersfield Nashville West.
And a lot of people worked hard and long to make
the [C] town an important country music [Fm] outpost.
My [C] dear friend, the great Don Rich, was one
of [G] those.
And of course, Bakersfield's own Merle Haggard.
_ Today I'm [B] happy to [Em] say that
[B] the [C] Bakersfield sound continues.
[G] [F] And you know, it's one of the [C] most popular [N] of the new singers
that I'm going to introduce to you right now.
He's a Kentucky boy and he found the recognition
that he deserves in California.
And I'm happy to say that he's carrying on the Bakersfield
tradition that began more than a half century ago.
Here is Dwight Yoakam! _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
Well I'm a honky-tonk man, _ and I can't sing this time.
_ Well I'll forget the girls [A] in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
_ When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it [E] on.
Hey, mama, can you daddy come home?
_ _ Well now I'm living wild [B] and dangerously.
[A] I've got plenty [E] of company.
The moon [Dbm] comes up [B] and the sun goes [Abm] down.
[A] I can't wait to [E] see the lights go down.
Cause I'm a honky-tonk man, _ and I can't sing this time.
_ Well I'll forget the [A] girls in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
_ _ When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it on.
[E] Hey, mama, can you daddy come home? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] You ready? _ _
_ [A] _ _ I've [Bm] done a thousand [D] miles of thumbing.
_ _ [E] Yes, I've worn blisters on [A] my heels.
_ _ Trying to find me [D] something better _ _ [E] here on the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
_ [D] _ _ [A] You don't know me, but you [D] don't like me.
_ [E] You say you care, that's [A] how I feel.
_ _ How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
_ [E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
_ _ How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
[E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Thank you.
_ [Dm] You know, I'm [F] Buck Owens and Bakersfield, California has been [G] home to me and [D] my music
for many [G] years.
But it wasn't always that way.
I was born in Sherman, [C] Texas into a family
of dirt poor [G] sharecroppers.
You know, that was [Em] right in the middle of the [C] Great Depression.
[Em] We traveled west just like so [C] many others and we worked in the fields [Bb] of Arizona, [Dm] picking
cotton, vegetables, and then we [F] made our way to Bakersfield [G] where there was at least
a promise of a better life.
[C] We [G] didn't have much of anything in those days, but [Em] one thing
that we [C] brought with us was the honky [Fm]-tonk music that we [C] loved.
Pretty soon some people
were calling [G] Bakersfield Nashville West.
And a lot of people worked hard and long to make
the [C] town an important country music [Fm] outpost.
My [C] dear friend, the great Don Rich, was one
of [G] those.
And of course, Bakersfield's own Merle Haggard.
_ Today I'm [B] happy to [Em] say that
[B] the [C] Bakersfield sound continues.
[G] [F] And you know, it's one of the [C] most popular [N] of the new singers
that I'm going to introduce to you right now.
He's a Kentucky boy and he found the recognition
that he deserves in California.
And I'm happy to say that he's carrying on the Bakersfield
tradition that began more than a half century ago.
Here is Dwight Yoakam! _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
Well I'm a honky-tonk man, _ and I can't sing this time.
_ Well I'll forget the girls [A] in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
_ When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it [E] on.
Hey, mama, can you daddy come home?
_ _ Well now I'm living wild [B] and dangerously.
[A] I've got plenty [E] of company.
The moon [Dbm] comes up [B] and the sun goes [Abm] down.
[A] I can't wait to [E] see the lights go down.
Cause I'm a honky-tonk man, _ and I can't sing this time.
_ Well I'll forget the [A] girls in the world until the music of an old [E] year is by.
_ _ When the [B] money's all gone, I'll tell it on.
[E] Hey, mama, can you daddy come home? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] You ready? _ _
_ [A] _ _ I've [Bm] done a thousand [D] miles of thumbing.
_ _ [E] Yes, I've worn blisters on [A] my heels.
_ _ Trying to find me [D] something better _ _ [E] here on the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
_ [D] _ _ [A] You don't know me, but you [D] don't like me.
_ [E] You say you care, that's [A] how I feel.
_ _ How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
_ [E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
_ _ How many of you have [D] stood and judged me?
[E] And walked the streets of [A] Bakersfield.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _