I'm Standing In Line chords by John Lee Hooker
Verse 1
D
Oh, the motor city's
G
D
burnin'
It ain't no thing in the world
that I can do
Don't ya know
G
Don't ya know the big D
D
Gm
is burnin'?
D
Ain't no thing in the world
that Johnny can do
My home town burnin' down
G
Gm
to the ground
D
Worser than Viet Nam
Well, it started on 12th and Clairmont,
this mornin'
I just don't know what it's all about
G
Well, it started on 12th and Clairmont,
D
this mornin'
I don't know what it's all about
The fire wagon kept comin'
The snipers just wouldn't
let 'em put it out
Fire bomb bustin' all around me
An' soldiers was ev'rywhere
G
D
Well, fire bomb fallin' all
G
Gm
D
around me
And soldiers standin' ev'rywhere
G
I could hear the people screaming
D
Sirens fill the air
I don't know what the trouble is
I can't stay around to find it out
G
I don't know, I don't know
Gm
What the trouble is,
D
G
Gm
D
this mo'nin'
I just can't stay around to find it out
Takin' my wife an my family
G
D
And little Johnny Lee is clearin' out
The motor city's burnin'
C
D
Ain't a thing that I can do
G
D
Well, the motor city's burnin'
Ain't a thing that I can do
I just hope, people
It'll never happen to you
Yes, yes, I could hear the fireman
FADES-
D
Said, 'Look, get outta here'
It's too hot.
I'm Standing In Line
John Lee Hooker
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