John philip griffith chords by Nanci Griffith
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Verse 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (F major) (Gsus4) He was a sim (C major) ple
man only (A minor) to (Gsus4) (C major) a stranger. (F major)
(Gsus4) (F major) And the kindness (C major) (G major) in his eyes (A minor)
I (C major) (F major) still (C major) remem (Gsus4) ber. (G major)
Now that he is old,
They say he's angry (Gsus4) and he's cold,
That his soul (C major) is dying.
(A minor) (Gsus4) (Csus4) (F major)
Verse 2
(F major) He's a wealthy (C major) man's (E minor) dream, (A minor)
(Gsus4) And he's a working (F major)
man's dime. (Csus4) (C major)
He (G major) has stood in both (A minor) men's shoes (G major)
(F major) In his own damn time. (G major)
The hard times of the thirties
Still (F major) linger in his mind
When he is lonely. (C major) (E minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (G major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor) (C major) (F major) (D minor)
He's out there in the cold, (G major)
Twenty years away from home. (E minor)
Does he dream about his old home
In San (A minor) Antone? (D minor)
He's often watched the highways,
But he's a (G major) man of sixty- five. (F major)
Where ain't a soul in El (E minor) Paso
(G major) Who would give an old drunk a ride.
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Verse 3
(G major)
Now, (C major) he traded in (G major) his
(A minor) (Gsus4) draftsman's pen
(F major) For a fishing pole.
And his mansion (C major) (G major) on the hill (A minor)
Is an alley (G major) (F major) in El Paso. (G major)
The anchors of the fifties
Still (F major) hold to broken dreams
(Csus4) When his sor (C major) rows (E minor) (G major) grow. (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(F major)
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (Gsus4) (F major) (C major) (D minor)
Verse 4
He's out there (D minor) in the cold, (G major)
Twenty years away from home. (E minor)
Does he dream about his old home
In (A minor) San Antone? (D minor)
He's often watched the highways,
But he's a (G major) man of sixty- five. (F major)
There ain't a soul in El (E minor) Paso
(D minor) Who would (G major) give an old drunk a ride.
Verse 5
Now, (C major) they tell me that (G major) John (A minor) Philip
Loved (G major) (C major) to gamble (F major) in his day.
And he burned (C major) his (G major) bridges (A minor) well (C major)
When he walked (F major) away.
He (G major) closed those corporate doors,
Left (F major) his children and his home
Now no one own (C major) s him. (G major)
Outro 1
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(A minor) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (D minor) (C major) (G major)
(C major)
John philip griffith
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