Music City U.S.A. chords by Billy Joe Shaver
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
It all started (D major) in this little town
way (G major) down in Texas
When he (D major) old Johnny Cash
Singing (A major) hectic country blues
He (D major) picked his guitar every night
And (G major) read them country magazines
(D major) Keeping up to snuff on
the Mu (A major) sic City news (D major)
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Verse 2
One predetermined Sunday (D major) found
him (G major) on the streets of Nashville
(D major) Humming out the chorus
to his (A major) latest melody
He (D major) whooped through old Tootsie's bar
and in (G major) formed the local pickers
How he'd (D major) come to capture Music City,
(A major) U.S.A. (D major)
Verse 3
Can't you (G major) hear the music ringing?
Can't you (D major) hear the singers singing?
Can't you (A major) hear somebody humming
out my homemade melody? (D major)
The (G major) lost and found are searching there
And (D major) some new face from everywhere
Is (A major) come to capture Music City, U.S.A. (D major)
Verse 4
(D major)
That Sunday evening found him in a corner (G major)
booth at (D major) Limebaugh's
Drinking coffee and eating chili
just (A major) like Earnest Tubb
(D major) Tuning up his guitar,
Lord he could (G major) n't wait till Monday
He (D major) figured if he couldn't make it, (A major)
nobody could (D major)
Verse 5
Can't you (G major) hear the music ringing?
Can't you (D major) hear the singers singing?
Can't you (A major) hear somebody humming
out my homemade melody? (D major)
The (G major) lost and found are searching there
And (D major) some new face from everywhere
Is (A major) come to capture Music City,
U.S.A. (D major)
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
The (D major) years have come and gone since
I seen (G major) him in ol' Nashville
(D major) Walking up 17th and (A major) 16th Avenue
(D major) Bugging everybody there that
(G major) he could get to listen
Trying hard (D major) to do exactly what he'd
(A major) said he'd come to (D major) do
Now the radios (G major) are
Verse 7
ringin' with
the songs (D major) that he was singin'
Every (A major) body here's a- hummin'
out his homemade melod (D major) ies
That (G major) crazy fool with shaggy hair
spread (D major) his songs out everywhere
I (A major) reckon he done captured Music City, U.S.A
Outro 1
(D major)
Music City U.S.A.
Billy Joe Shaver
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