Charley Patton Songs Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C]
[G][C]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]I spend a lifetime
Trying to decipher
Charley Patton Songs.
[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
I don't know why I bother,
Even if I think it's right,
It always comes out wrong.
[G]

[Verse 3]
But I'm [Eb]old [Bb]enough,[Eb]
Old enough to [Ab]know [Eb]why
You're still young enough,
Young enough to [Ab]still try,
[Eb]stil[Ab]l try.[Eb]

[Interlude 1]
[Eb][C][G]
[C]

[Verse 4]
[C]I keep on pushing,
For some way through it,
Til I'm knackered out
[G]

[Verse 5]
[C]
I know how you're feeling,
Even though I've never been
That far south
[G]

[Verse 6]
But I'm [Eb]old enough,
Old enough to [Ab]know [Eb]why
You're still young enough,
Young enough to [Ab]still [Eb]try, [Bb]still try.

[Verse 7]
And I [Eb]been lookin' in New York,
I been [Cm]lookin' in Chicago,
I been [Eb]lookin' in New [Bb]Orleans
I can't [Ab]find [Eb]you

[Verse 8]
I been [Eb]lookin' in Detroit,
I been [Cm]lookin' in Los Angeles,
I been [Eb]lookin' in [Bb]Louisville
I cannot [Ab]find you

[Interlude 2]
[Ab][G][Am][Em][C]
[Am][G]
[Am][C]
[Am][G][Am][Em][C]
[Am][C]
[G]

[Verse 9]
Well I'm [Eb]old enough,
Old enough to [Ab]know [Eb]why
You're still young enough,
Young enough [Ab]to still [Eb]try, [Bb]you still try.

[Verse 10]
I [Eb]been lookin in New York,
I been [Cm]lookin in Chicago,
I been [Eb]lookin in New [Bb]Orleans
I can't [Ab]find you

[Verse 11]
I been [Eb]lookin in Detroit,
I been [Cm]lookin in Los Angeles,
[Eb]I been lookin in Louisvill[Bb]e
I cannot [Ab]find you

[Verse 12]
I [Eb]been lookin in the Lonely States,
I been [Cm]lookin in Philadelphi[Eb]a,
I been lookin in [Bb]Memphis,
[Eb]I ca[Bb]nnot fin[Ab]d you,
I cannot find you
[G]