Chords for Merle Haggard - Sidewalks Of Chicago
Tempo:
86.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
The Levi's that I'm [Am] wearing [G] have been good to me,
[A] they just won't admit they're [D] growing old.
Though my shirt's made contact [G] with the gutter now and then, [A] at least it keeps my body [D] from the cold.
[G] [D] Thank God folks back home in [G] Harlan County [A] can't see what success [D] has done to me.
[G] [D] Would you believe the kids [G] in Harlan High School [A] voted me most likely [D] to [F] succeed.
[G] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, [E] if I buy the bread [A]
I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, [A] wishing I could live some [D] other [Am] time.
[D] I wasn't here too long [G] before I met her, [A] and the lady, she really swept me [D] off my feet.
And she stayed just long enough [G] to make me love [Cm] her.
[G] [A] And now they're sweeping me [D] up off the street, [G] [D] my mama thinks I've really [G] hit the big time.
[A]
She's written every day since I've [Bm] been gone, [D] but she doesn't know that [G] 109 West Charlotte
is [A] the address of the West Side Mission [D] Home.
[A] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, if [E] I buy the bread [A] I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, [A]
wishing I had lived [D] some other time.
[D] [N]
The Levi's that I'm [Am] wearing [G] have been good to me,
[A] they just won't admit they're [D] growing old.
Though my shirt's made contact [G] with the gutter now and then, [A] at least it keeps my body [D] from the cold.
[G] [D] Thank God folks back home in [G] Harlan County [A] can't see what success [D] has done to me.
[G] [D] Would you believe the kids [G] in Harlan High School [A] voted me most likely [D] to [F] succeed.
[G] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, [E] if I buy the bread [A]
I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, [A] wishing I could live some [D] other [Am] time.
[D] I wasn't here too long [G] before I met her, [A] and the lady, she really swept me [D] off my feet.
And she stayed just long enough [G] to make me love [Cm] her.
[G] [A] And now they're sweeping me [D] up off the street, [G] [D] my mama thinks I've really [G] hit the big time.
[A]
She's written every day since I've [Bm] been gone, [D] but she doesn't know that [G] 109 West Charlotte
is [A] the address of the West Side Mission [D] Home.
[A] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, if [E] I buy the bread [A] I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, [A]
wishing I had lived [D] some other time.
[D] [N]
Key:
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The Levi's that I'm [Am] wearing [G] have been good to me, _
_ [A] they just won't admit they're [D] growing old.
_ Though my shirt's made contact [G] with the gutter now and then, [A] _ at least it keeps my body [D] from the cold.
[G] _ [D] Thank God folks back home in [G] Harlan County _ _ [A] can't see what success [D] has done to me.
_ [G] [D] Would you believe the kids [G] in Harlan High School _ [A] voted me most likely [D] to [F] succeed.
[G] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, _ [E] if I buy the bread [A]
I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, _ _ [A] wishing I could live some [D] other [Am] time.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ I wasn't here too long [G] before I met her, _ [A] and the lady, she really swept me [D] off my feet.
_ _ And she stayed just long enough [G] to make me love [Cm] her.
[G] _ _ [A] And now they're sweeping me [D] up off the street, _ [G] [D] my mama thinks I've really [G] hit the big time.
_ [A]
She's written every day since I've [Bm] been gone, [D] but she doesn't know that [G] 109 West Charlotte
is [A] the address of the West Side Mission [D] Home.
_ [A] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, if [E] I buy the bread [A] I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, _ [A]
wishing I had lived [D] some other time.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ The Levi's that I'm [Am] wearing [G] have been good to me, _
_ [A] they just won't admit they're [D] growing old.
_ Though my shirt's made contact [G] with the gutter now and then, [A] _ at least it keeps my body [D] from the cold.
[G] _ [D] Thank God folks back home in [G] Harlan County _ _ [A] can't see what success [D] has done to me.
_ [G] [D] Would you believe the kids [G] in Harlan High School _ [A] voted me most likely [D] to [F] succeed.
[G] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, _ [E] if I buy the bread [A]
I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, _ _ [A] wishing I could live some [D] other [Am] time.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ I wasn't here too long [G] before I met her, _ [A] and the lady, she really swept me [D] off my feet.
_ _ And she stayed just long enough [G] to make me love [Cm] her.
[G] _ _ [A] And now they're sweeping me [D] up off the street, _ [G] [D] my mama thinks I've really [G] hit the big time.
_ [A]
She's written every day since I've [Bm] been gone, [D] but she doesn't know that [G] 109 West Charlotte
is [A] the address of the West Side Mission [D] Home.
_ [A] Now [D] I'm walking on the sidewalks [G] of Chicago, if [E] I buy the bread [A] I can't afford the wine.
[D] Now I'm walking on the [G] sidewalks of Chicago, _ [A]
wishing I had lived [D] some other time.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _