Just a Story From America - Elliott Murphy
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Intro:
C - G - Am - F (barred chords) or
C - Em - Am - F (open chords)
Lead (with harmonist pedal (+octave)):
e)---8-7--7---------9------8-7--7---------|
B)--8---8---10--8-10------8---8---10--8-10|
G)-9---------------------9----------------|
D)----------------------------------------|
A)----------------------------------------|
E)----------------------------------------|
Verse:
[C]Just a s[Em]tory from A[Am]meric[F]a
[C]He left his [Em]job and he l[Am]ooked at [F]her
[C]I've had e[Em]nough he put[Am] down his[F] cup
[C]And every [Em]time she would [Am]fill it[F] up
Chorus:
When she'd[C] say
[G]Get up when they[Am] put you [F]down
But[C] like a b[G]oxer
You ju[Am]st spin a[F]round
You[C]r kind o[G]f guy is s[Am]o very [F]few
Don'[C]t ever l[F]et them get th[Am]e best of[F] you
Verse:
And [C]so he's w[G]orking like [Am]a dog each [F]day
And [C]every week [G]there'd be more [Am]overtime[F] pay
And [C]pretty soon [G]he's got a [Am]Cadillac [F]car
And o[C]n the weeken[G]ds he would [Am]drive so[F] far
Bridge:
[Am]And they d[F]on't slow down
[G]America's such a [Am]speedy town
[Am]Hot clothes h[F]igh society
[G]He said it never get the best of me
Verse:
And [C]then he met a[Em] girl with ha[Am]ir like the [F]sun
With [C]social stat[Em]us she was nu[Am]mber one
He l[C]eft it all [Em]and he left d[Am]owntown
A l[C]ittle voice [Em]follows him a[Am]round
Chorus:
And it'd[C] say
[G]Get up when they[Am] put you [F]down
And[C] like a b[G]oxer
You ju[Am]st spin a[F]round
You[C]r kind o[G]f guy was [Am]so very[F] few
I tho[C]ught they'd[F] never get the[Am] best of [F]you
End:
[C]Just [G]a stor[Am]y of Am[F]erica
[C]Just [G]a story[Am] fro in [F]America
[C]Just [G]a sto[Am]ry of A[F]merica
[C]Just [G]a stor[Am]y from A[F]merica
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Intro:
C - G - Am - F (barred chords) or
C - Em - Am - F (open chords)
Lead (with harmonist pedal (+octave)):
e)---8-7--7---------9------8-7--7---------|
B)--8---8---10--8-10------8---8---10--8-10|
G)-9---------------------9----------------|
D)----------------------------------------|
A)----------------------------------------|
E)----------------------------------------|
Verse:
[C]Just a s[Em]tory from A[Am]meric[F]a
[C]He left his [Em]job and he l[Am]ooked at [F]her
[C]I've had e[Em]nough he put[Am] down his[F] cup
[C]And every [Em]time she would [Am]fill it[F] up
Chorus:
When she'd[C] say
[G]Get up when they[Am] put you [F]down
But[C] like a b[G]oxer
You ju[Am]st spin a[F]round
You[C]r kind o[G]f guy is s[Am]o very [F]few
Don'[C]t ever l[F]et them get th[Am]e best of[F] you
Verse:
And [C]so he's w[G]orking like [Am]a dog each [F]day
And [C]every week [G]there'd be more [Am]overtime[F] pay
And [C]pretty soon [G]he's got a [Am]Cadillac [F]car
And o[C]n the weeken[G]ds he would [Am]drive so[F] far
Bridge:
[Am]And they d[F]on't slow down
[G]America's such a [Am]speedy town
[Am]Hot clothes h[F]igh society
[G]He said it never get the best of me
Verse:
And [C]then he met a[Em] girl with ha[Am]ir like the [F]sun
With [C]social stat[Em]us she was nu[Am]mber one
He l[C]eft it all [Em]and he left d[Am]owntown
A l[C]ittle voice [Em]follows him a[Am]round
Chorus:
And it'd[C] say
[G]Get up when they[Am] put you [F]down
And[C] like a b[G]oxer
You ju[Am]st spin a[F]round
You[C]r kind o[G]f guy was [Am]so very[F] few
I tho[C]ught they'd[F] never get the[Am] best of [F]you
End:
[C]Just [G]a stor[Am]y of Am[F]erica
[C]Just [G]a story[Am] fro in [F]America
[C]Just [G]a sto[Am]ry of A[F]merica
[C]Just [G]a stor[Am]y from A[F]merica
