Big City Blues (written by Keith Gattis)
Performed by Charlie Robison Album: Good Times
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Intro: Em
Verse 1
[Em]Skinny dippin? in the [D]Pedernales [Emss]River||
[Em]Country girl [D]sure could make me [Em-i]shiver
[Em]Right now that?s [D]just what I could [Em]use
[Em]To wash away these [D]big city [Em]blues
Verse 2 (Same chord progression as Verse 1)
Hollywood stars beneath my feet
Everywhere I look I see concrete
I could use a little Southern rain
Blanco County calls my name
Chorus
[Em]Goddamn these [D]big city [Em]blues
[Em]I got them [D]big city [Em]blues
[Em]Someone done [G]went and [G]stole my f[D]avorite pair of [Em]boots
[Em]Goddamn these [D]big city [Em]blues
Verse 3
[Em]Daddy was a n[D]o count [A]bull ridin? son of a bh
[G]That?s [D]what [D]my momma [Em]said
[Em]She cursed the [D]day they ever [Em]met
[Em]She?s the [D]cutest s[G]mall-town thing that h[D]e?d seen in the w[Em]orld
[Em]?cept daddy [D]loved big city [Em]girls
Chorus
Repeat Verse 1
Performed by Charlie Robison Album: Good Times
Lick: phrase ending, most lines:
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D|-------0---2----|
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Intro: Em
Verse 1
[Em]Skinny dippin? in the [D]Pedernales [Emss]River||
[Em]Country girl [D]sure could make me [Em-i]shiver
[Em]Right now that?s [D]just what I could [Em]use
[Em]To wash away these [D]big city [Em]blues
Verse 2 (Same chord progression as Verse 1)
Hollywood stars beneath my feet
Everywhere I look I see concrete
I could use a little Southern rain
Blanco County calls my name
Chorus
[Em]Goddamn these [D]big city [Em]blues
[Em]I got them [D]big city [Em]blues
[Em]Someone done [G]went and [G]stole my f[D]avorite pair of [Em]boots
[Em]Goddamn these [D]big city [Em]blues
Verse 3
[Em]Daddy was a n[D]o count [A]bull ridin? son of a bh
[G]That?s [D]what [D]my momma [Em]said
[Em]She cursed the [D]day they ever [Em]met
[Em]She?s the [D]cutest s[G]mall-town thing that h[D]e?d seen in the w[Em]orld
[Em]?cept daddy [D]loved big city [Em]girls
Chorus
Repeat Verse 1