Nobody Knew His Name chords by John Hiatt
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Intro 1
(A minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major)
(A minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor)
Verse 1
Well a man (C major)
in a Cadillac used to come around (A minor) here
(C major) Looking for a long (G major) black train (A minor)
Said his baby (C minor) left town
with (C major) an Engineer (A minor)
(F major) Cut across the midnight rain, (A minor) boys
Straight (F major) across the midnight
rain
(C major) (A minor) (C major)
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Verse 2
(A minor)
Now every (C major) body said he'd
been in Viet (A minor) nam
(C major) When he was pretty young (A minor)
That's when (C major) buddy got killed
when his rifle (A minor) jammed
Now the (F major) fighting ain't never done, (A minor) boys
Now the (F major) fighting ain't never done
(C major)
Verse 3
(F major)
Red tip while the (D minor) ci garette glowin'
Win (F major) dows up against the rain (D minor)
(C major) Night so dark,
there was (A minor) nothing else showin'
(F major) Nobody knew his name, (A minor) boys
(F major) Nobody knew his name
Interlude 1
(C major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor)
(C major)
Sher (C minor) iff run him off (C major) once in a
Verse 4
(A minor) while
(C major) But he would be right back (A minor)
With (C major) a cup of coffee, an old news (A minor) paper
Sit (F major) ting by the side of the track (A minor) s,
boys
Cry (F major) ing by the side of the
track (C major) s
(A minor) (C major)
Verse 5
(A minor)
He'd (C major) try to keep from turning the tables (A minor)
Hired walking horses (C major) out
at Suffolk Downs (A minor)
But (C major) there was always some
whiskey back (A minor) at the stables
If you knew (F major) where to look around, (A minor) boys
If you knew (F major) where to look around.
(C major)
Verse 6
(F major)
Red tip of a (D minor) cigarette glowin'
(F major) Windows up against (D minor) the rain
(C major) Night so dark,
there was nothing (A minor) else showin'
(F major) But nobody knew his name, (A minor) boys
(F major) Nobody knew his name
Interlude 2
(C major) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) (C major) (A minor)
(F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 7
Slinging pizza (F major) and beer
Down at Water (D minor) front Park
Handicapping (F major) dogs for the
(D minor) clientèle
A different pick (C major) for each one
Yeah, it didn't matter (A minor) who won
Somebody (F major) gonna tip him well, (A minor) boys
Somebody (F major) gonna tip him
well
(C major) (A minor) (C major)
Verse 8
(A minor)
Well they (C major) found (C minor) him in his Ca (C major) dillac (A minor) car
Out (C major) behind the old farm store (A minor)
He was (C major) sitting there like we
was going (A minor) somewhere
And he (F major) wasn't coming back no more, (A minor)
boys
He was (F major) n't coming back no more (C major)
Nobody Knew His Name
John Hiatt
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