Mean Town Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gm][G]

[Verse 1]
Now my [G]mother she done told me and [F]my,
[G]ha, [Gm]father [G]done told me
Grandfather [Gm]told me [F]too[Em]
[G]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
Yeah, [G]my mother she done [Gm]told me and
[F]my [Gm]father done[G] told [Gm]me[G][Gm]
[G]Grandfather told me [Gm]too[F][Em]
[G][F][G][Em][G][F][Em]

[Verse 3]
[G]
It's a mean old town to
live [F]in by your[Gm]self
[G][F][G][Gm][G]

[Verse 4]
Yeah,
I worked for a dol[Gm]lar
[G]Could [F]not, [G]ha, save a lousy,
[Gm]could not save a [F]dime

[Interlude 2]
[Em][G][F][Em][G][F][Em][G]

[Verse 5]
You know [G]I worked for a dollar
Could not, ha, save a [Gm]lousy,
[G]man couldn't sav[Gm]e a d[G]ime[F]

[Interlude 3]
[Em][G][F][Em][G][F][Em][G]

[Verse 6]
People [G]ain't nobody [Gm]worried and there [G]ain't [F]nobody[Gm][G][Gm][G][Gm][G]
[Gm][G][Gm][G][Gm]
[Cm][G][C][G][Gm][G][Cm][Gm][G][Gm]
[G][Gm][G]
[Gm]
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[C][G][Gm][G][Gm][G]
[Gm][C][Cm][C][G]
[Em][G][C][G]
[Gm][G]

[Interlude 4]
crying
[G][C][G][Gm][G]
[Bb][G][Gm][Bb][Gm][G][Gm][G][Gm][G][Gm]
[G]

[Verse 7]
[G]Everybody's got their hands out trying to,
[Gm]get a hold o[G]n
Trying to get some of my [F]cash[G][Em]
[G]

[Interlude 5]
[F][G][Em][G][F][G][Em][G]
Every[F]body's

[Verse 8]
[G]got their hand out trying to a,
get a hold on
Trying to get some of my [F]cash[G]
[Em][G][F][G][F][G][Em]

[Verse 9]
[G]
Smiling great big smiles, man,
you keep on talk[C]ing trash

[Interlude 6]
[Gm][G]

[Verse 10]
So I [G]packed up my suitcase and I,
ha, moved on down the
Hit that lonesome road
[Em]

[Interlude 7]
[G][F][G][Em][G]

[Verse 11]
You [G]know I packed up my suitcase and I,
hit that lonesome
I moved on [Gm]down [G]the[F]
[G]road[Em]

[Interlude 8]
[G][Em][G]

[Verse 12]
I been [G]still trying to make it
when the [C]day goes down