Key: E major
Verse 1
E
D
E
When I first come down to Wichita town
D
Em
E
Well, I sold some to a man
I did not know
G
D
E
'Cause I was hungry and I was broke
G
D
Yes, I was hungry and I was broke
E
Verse 2
E
Em
Brother, why are you here?
G
D
E
Brother, why are you here?
Em
G
Captain Bobby Stout done found me out
D
E
And I owe the man one more year
G
D
Yes, I owe the man one more
Interlude 1
year
E
Em
E
Em
E
Verse 3
to Wichita town
done found him out
G
D
E
Now he stays in here with me
G
D
Yeah, he stays in here with me
E
D
E
Verse 4
E
G
Brother, why are you here?
D
E
Brother, why are you here?
Em
G
Captain Bobby Stout done found me out
D
E
And I owe the man one more year
G
D
Yes, I owe the man one more year
Interlude 2
E
Em
E
Em
E
G
D
E
Em
E
Em
G
D
E
D
E
Verse 5
My Daddy stayed down in the ground
My mamma she did go, to San Francisco
Em
G
D
E
When the judge lay his gavel down
G
D
When the judge lay his gavel
down
E
A
E
Verse 6
G
E
Brother, why are you here?
D
E
And I owe the man one more year
Em
G
D
E
Yes, I owe the man one more year
Outro 1
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D A Em G
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