Chords for John Hiatt - Nobody Knew His Name [Audio Stream]

Tempo:
103.5 bpm
Chords used:

Am

C

F

Dm

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Hiatt - Nobody Knew His Name [Audio Stream] chords
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[G] [C]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C] Well, a man in a Cadillac [Am] used to come around here [C] looking for a long black [Am] train.
[C] Said his baby left town with the [Am] engineer, [F] cut across the midnight [Am] rain, boys, [F] straight
across the midnight [C] rain.
[Am] [C]
[Am]
[C] Everybody said he'd been [Am] in Vietnam [C] when he was pretty [Am] young.
[C] That's where his buddy got killed when his [Am] rifle jammed.
[F] Now the fighting ain't never [Am] done, boys.
[F] No, the fighting ain't [C] never done.
[F] Red tip [Dm] of a cigarette glowing, [F] windows up [Dm] against the rain.
[C] Night so dark [Am] there was nothing else showing.
[F] Nobody knew [Am] his name, boys.
[F] Nobody knew [C] his name.
[Am] [C]
[Am] Sheriff would run him off [Am] every once in a while.
[C] But he would be right [Am] back with [C] a cup of coffee [Am] and old newspaper writing.
[F] Sitting by the [Am] side of the tracks, boys, [F] crying by the [C] side of the tracks.
[Am]
[Am]
[C] He'd try to keep from turning [Am] the tables.
Hard [C] walking horses out at Suffolk Downs.
There was always some whiskey back at the stables if you [F] knew where to look [Am] around,
boys, [F] if you knew where to look [C] around.
[F] Red [Dm] tip of a cigarette glowing, [F] windows up [Dm] against the rain.
[C] Night so dark [Am] there was nothing else showing.
[F] Nobody knew [Am] his name, boys.
[F] Nobody knew [C] his name.
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F] Slinging pizza and beer down [Dm] at Waterfront Park.
[F] Handicapping dogs for the [Dm] clientele.
[C] Give and pick for each one, it [Am] didn't matter who won.
[F] Somebody gonna tip him [Am] well, boys.
[F] Somebody gonna [C] tip him well.
[Am]
[C] [Am] [C] They found him in [Am] his Cadillac car [C]
out behind the old [Am] farm store.
[C] He was sitting there like he [Am] was going somewhere.
[F]
And it wasn't coming back [Am] no more, boys.
[F] It wasn't coming back no [C] more.
Key:  
Am
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
Dm
2311
G
2131
Am
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
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Let's start jamming John Hiatt - ([Audio Stream]) Nobody Knew His Name chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - C, Am, C, Am and F in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 52 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 104. Given the song's key of C Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] Well, a man in a Cadillac [Am] used to come around here _ [C] looking for a long black [Am] train.
_ _ [C] Said his baby left town with the [Am] engineer, _ _ _ [F] cut across the midnight [Am] rain, boys, _ [F] straight
across the midnight [C] rain.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] Everybody said he'd been [Am] in Vietnam _ [C] when he was pretty [Am] young. _ _
[C] That's where his buddy got killed when his [Am] rifle jammed.
[F] Now the fighting ain't never [Am] done, boys.
[F] No, the fighting ain't [C] never done. _ _
[F] _ Red tip [Dm] of a cigarette glowing, [F] windows up [Dm] against the rain. _ _
[C] _ Night so dark [Am] there was nothing else showing.
[F] _ Nobody knew [Am] his name, boys.
[F] _ Nobody knew [C] his name. _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ Sheriff would run him off [Am] every once in a while.
[C] _ But he would be right [Am] back with [C] _ a cup of coffee [Am] and old newspaper writing.
[F] _ Sitting by the [Am] side of the tracks, boys, _ [F] crying by the [C] side of the tracks.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] He'd try to keep from turning [Am] the tables.
Hard [C] walking horses out at Suffolk _ Downs.
There was always some whiskey back at the stables if you [F] knew where to look [Am] around,
boys, [F] if you knew where to look [C] around. _ _
[F] _ _ Red [Dm] tip of a cigarette glowing, [F] _ windows up [Dm] against the rain. _
[C] _ Night so dark [Am] there was nothing else showing. _
[F] _ Nobody knew [Am] his name, boys. _
[F] _ Nobody knew [C] his name. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Slinging pizza and beer down [Dm] at Waterfront Park.
[F] Handicapping dogs for the [Dm] clientele.
_ _ [C] Give and pick for each one, it [Am] didn't matter who won.
[F] Somebody gonna tip him [Am] well, boys.
_ [F] Somebody gonna [C] tip him well.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] They found him in [Am] his Cadillac car _ [C]
out behind the old [Am] farm store.
_ [C] He was sitting there like he [Am] was going somewhere.
_ [F]
And it wasn't coming back [Am] no more, boys.
[F] It wasn't coming back no [C] more. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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