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Sam's Town chords by
Kevin Welch
Kevin Welch
Kieran Kane
Kieran Kane
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Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sam never believed that he ever could
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be anything special to anyone

But he didn't mind, no, he was the kind
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who could get along fine with everyone
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He had a job at the Texaco,
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if you were a stranger
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an d if things were slow,
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he'd be glad just to put it all down,
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he'd take you out,
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he'd show you around
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G

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Sam's town.

Well you know old Sam

had a little bit of land,
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a quarter section or so,

but the creek Rick ran shallow

and the fields lay fallow
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He couldn't get a thing to grow
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So when the land man

came to his trailer one night
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Talkin' percentages and mineral rights
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Didn't take long for the

deal to go down
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They was sinkin' a drillin' rig
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deep in the ground
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Sam's ground
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Ain't life funny, ain't life strange
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Ain't it amazing how your
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life can change
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Came rushing like a big black bull
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They were piping it out by
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the barrel full
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Pretty soon the word got round,
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down in Sam's town

Well some time went by,

the yield was high,
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the money just a -rollin' in

Still ol' Sam stayed a simple man,

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you'd never know he had
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a nickel to spend
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Buddy built a new wing

on the old high school
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The church house finally
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got a brand new roof
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Then a park with a pool,

a big playground
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Spreadin' every bit of that money
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around Sam's Town
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Well now ain't life funny,
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ain't life strange
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Ain't it amazing how your
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life can change
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One day, like the Lord just

threw a switch,
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that well went as dry as a dust bowl ditch.
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And then a man came down

from the government.
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He was wanting to know

where all that money went.
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Sam just smiled.

He said, well, I'd be proud
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to show you around,
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boy, our town.
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Ain't life funny?

Ain't life strange?
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Ain't it amazing how your
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life can change?
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The tax man auctioned off that land,
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but the town pitched in
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They bought it all back for him,
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at a greatly reduced price
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Now he's still down at the Texaco,
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if you're a stranger and things are slow
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He'd be glad just to lay it all down.
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He'd take you out,
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he'd show you around Sam's
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Town
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It's Uncle Sam's Town now,
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • Am

  • F#

    2

Capo: 1

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Sam's Town by Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane is Eb major.

The primary chords used in Sam's Town are Eb, Ab, Bb, Cm, Fm, Bbm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Eb, Ab, Bb, Cm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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