Chestnut Street Revisited chords by
John Cougar Mellencamp

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Well I've lived

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and breathed and been disbelieved

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In these small town streets too long

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I've held nothin' but aces

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and been many places

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And hung on the corner 'til dawn

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But my hands have been tied

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To a life I've been denied

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I'm just a small town boy

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bein' used like a toy

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Em

Em

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And workin' a nine to five

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A

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Bm

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Em

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D

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Verse 2

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Well I worked like a fool 'til

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D

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after done with high school

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Just to form a rock and rollin' band

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G

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But the streets were exploding

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and my life I was decoding

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C

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Had a dream I couldn't understand

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D

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Em

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And I work it out everyday

A

A

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Em

Em

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D

D

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For no fun and very little pay

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G

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I'm just a smal town boy

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D

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bein' used like a toy

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C

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And doin' what other people say

Em

Em

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G

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A

A

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Bm

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Em

Em

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Verse 3

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Well I've drooled and fooled

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and been ridiculed

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For havin' dreams just

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above my reach

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G

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Em

Em

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D

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And I've lied and died and tried suicide

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For all the things you people

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want to preach

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Em

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A

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But I always had to turn the other way

Em

Em

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When I heard those

homefolks say

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D

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G

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(They say) You're just a small

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D

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town boy bein' used like a toy

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C

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Em

Em

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And livin' on a day to day

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G

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A

A

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Bm

Bm

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Em

Em

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Verse 4

D

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Am

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But you must believe that when

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I walk down the tracks

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All those young girls fall back and say

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There goes that sleek young silhouette

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He don't drive no Corvette

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D

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But he stings just like a Sting Ray

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And that's my only redemption

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in this house of detention

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That keeps me from simply

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blowin' it all away

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'Cause when I walk down the street

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in the hot summer heat

Em

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A

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I say, God don't take this away

Interlude 1

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D

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Well by the

Verse 5

end of the day,

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all the kids would go play

C

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D

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And I'd come staggering back home

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With a dream in my hand

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and a master plan

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D

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That wouldn't leave my mind alone

Em

Em

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Well I com promised all my schemes

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D

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Em

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G

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D

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And I fluctuated all my dreams

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I'm just a small town boy

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bein' used like a toy

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And nothing is like it really seem

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s

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Verse 6

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Am

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But what a fool I must seem to

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have all these dreams

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And try to live them all through

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Am

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It's like a slap in your face,

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with a Mercurochrome taste

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D

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When the dream is long overdue

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And it seems kinda strange

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that nobody came

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To the game that I have

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put myself through

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And when I walk down the street

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in the hot summer heat

Em

Em

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I say, what the hell

can I do

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Em

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Verse 7

D

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Well I keep hopin' and wishin' that

Em

Em

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D

D

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these romantic positions

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D

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Gonna help me hide all this pain

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And all the hurt that I've felt under

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Em

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D

D

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neath my leather studded belt

C

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D

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Of not findin' my fortune and fame

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Em

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A

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Some day I'll blow 'em away with

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Em

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D

D

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the things that I sing and I say

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G

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I'm just a small town boy

D

D

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bein' used like a toy

C

C

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Em

Em

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And waitin' on my pay day

Verse 8

G

G

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I'm just a small town boy

D

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bein' used like a toy

C

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And waitin' on my pay day

Outro 1

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The original key of Chestnut Street Revisited by John Cougar Mellencamp is A major.

The primary chords used in Chestnut Street Revisited are A, E, D, F#m, B, C#m.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like A, E, D, F#m, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Chestnut Street Revisited is approximately 133 beats per minute.

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