Wharf Rat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][Dm][G][Dm][G][Dm][G][Dm][G]
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
Old [G]man [C]down[G][Dm]
Way down, down,
down by the [G]docks of [Dm]the city[C]
[G]Blind and [C]dirty[G]
[Dm]Asked me for a dime,
a dime for a cup of [G]coffee
I [Dm]got no dime but I [C]got some
time to hear his [G]story
[Dm][G]

[Verse 2]
My name is August West
And [Dm]I love my Pearly Baker best
more than my [G]wine[Dm][G]
More than my [C]wine
[Dm]More than my maker,
though he's no friend of [G]mine
[F][G]

[Verse 3]
[Dm]
[G]Everyone said
I'd [Dm]come to no good, I knew I would Pearly,
be[G]lieve [Dm]them[G]
Half of my [C]life[G]
I [Dm]spent doin' time for some
other [G]fucker's crime
[C]The oth[Dm]er half found me stumbli[C]ng around
drunk on [G]Burgundy wine
[C][G][F]

[Verse 4]
But I'll [C]get [F]back [C]on my
[Cm]feet [C]som[G]eday[C][F][C]
The [Bb]good Lord [F]willin', [Bb]if He[F] says I may[C]
I know that the [G]life I'm livin's no [Dm]good[G]
I'll [C]get a [G]new start, live the life I [Dm]should

[Verse 5]
[Dm]I'll get up and fly away
I'll get up and fly away,
[G]fly away

[Interlude 1]
[G]

[Verse 6]
Pearly's been [G]true[C]
[Dm]True to me, true to my dyin'
[G]day [C]he said[G][Dm][C]
[G]I said to him
[Dm]I said to him,
"I'm sure she's [G]been"[C]
[Dm]I said to him,
"I'm [C]sure she's been [G]true to you"

[Verse 7]
[G]
I got up and [C]wandered
[Dm]Wandered downtown,
nowhere to go but to just [G]hang [Dm]around
[G]I've got a [C]girl[G][Dm]
Named Bonnie Lee,
I know that girl's been [G]true to [Dm]me
I know she's been, I'm [C]sure she's been [G]true

[Outro 1]
to me
[G][C][G][C][G]
[C][G][C][G][C][G]
[Gsus4][G]