I Used to Be a Country Singer chords by
Gordon Lightfoot
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Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was sittin' in my hotel room,
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strummin' my old guitar
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Not much to do when you're far away,
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playin' some smokey bar
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I was feelin' a little empty
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and feelin' a little blue
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F#m
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When the maid came in and asked me if
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F#m
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she could do my room
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I put down my old guitar and
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she gave me a smile
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She had a crusty voice and a drinker's look,
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but she had a friendly style
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She dusted my room and made my bed
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and she talked of days gone by
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She spoke of when she wooed the
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men; a tear came to her eye
Verse 2
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And she said
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I used to be a country singer
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Bm
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I could sing a mean patsy cline
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F#m
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Em
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My husband he could yodel like wilf carter
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A
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Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine
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Verse 3
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She told me that her husband died
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and her son was overseas
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Bm
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F#m
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I could tell by her eyes and her broken
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A
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smile she was lonely just like me
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She asked me if I'd listen to a
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tape of when she was young
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F#m
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She said I can't sing now I forgot the
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words and my voice is almost gone
Verse 4
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And she said
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I used to be a country singer
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Bm
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I could sing a mean patsy cline
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F#m
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Em
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My husband he could yodel like wilf carter
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A
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Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine
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Verse 5
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Oh I cried inside but I couldn't tell
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Dm
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D
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if it was for her or for me
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So I grabbed my axe and we sang
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a song in two part harmony
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Ever since that day when I'm feelin'
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down and I can't find a happy tune
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F#m
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I just think if that maid and the feeling she gave,
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when she came to clean my room
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Verse 6
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And she said
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I used to be a country singer
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Bm
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I could sing a mean patsy cline
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F#m
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Em
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My husband he could yodel like wilf carter
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A
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Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine
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Verse 7
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And she said
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I used to be a country singer
F#m
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Bm
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I could sing a mean patsy cline
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F#m
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Em
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My husband he could yodel like wilf carter
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A
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Kitty wells was a real good
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F#m
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friend of mine
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Kitty wells was a real good friend of mine
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