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San Francisco Mabel Joy chords by
David Allan Coe
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
D

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G

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My daddy was an honest man
D
D

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just a red dirt Georgia farm boy
A
A

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My mama spent her young life
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D

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A

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D

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raisin' kids and bailin' hay
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G

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Now I was just fifteen when I
D
D

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ached inside to wander
C
C

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So hopped a freight in Waycross and I
Em
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A

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D
D

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rode it to LA
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G

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I met a girl known on the Strip as San
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D

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Francisco's Mabel Joy

Destitution's child born on an LA
A
A

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D
D

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street called Shame
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G

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The sleep came and left this little
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D

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Waycross country boy
C
C

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Mabel Joy was gone Lord I'd
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Em

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A

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G

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never see her again

Growin' up came quietly in the
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D

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arms of Mabel Joy

Laughter found the mornings
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A

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brought the meaning to my life

I woke up one day Lord
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D

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finding I was by myself

With dreams of Georgia cotton
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A

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and a California wife
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D

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Lord the cold nights had no pity on a

Waycross Georgia farm boy

Most days he went hungry and

then the summer came
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G

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Sunday morning found me standin'
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D

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neath the red light at her door

Right cross sent me reelin'
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A

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put my face down on the floor
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G

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In place of my Mabel Joy he found
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D

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a merchant mad marine

Who said your Georgia neck is red but
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C

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G

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Bm
Bm
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A

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D
D

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Sonny you're still green
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G

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But I turned twenty one

in a grey rock Federal prison
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D

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C

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The judge had no mercy for this
Bm
Bm
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D
D

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Waycross Georgia boy
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G

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Sometimes at night in silence
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D

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Lord I'd listen

That midnight freight to take
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A

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D
D

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me back to Mabel Joy
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G

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The cold nights had no pity on this
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D

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Waycross Georgia farm boy

Springtime turned to summer
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A

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and then the winter came
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G

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Starin' at those four grey walls in
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D

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silence Lord I'd listen

Somewhere's in the distance to
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A

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the whistle of a train
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G

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Sunday morning found me lying
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D

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neath the red light at her door

With a bullet in my side I cried
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G

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A
A

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have you seen Mabel Joy
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G

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Stunned and shaken someone said
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D

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son she don't live here anymore

She left this town ten years ago
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C

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Bm
Bm
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I heard she's looking for
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G

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Some Georgia farm boy
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • C

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of San Francisco Mabel Joy by David Allan Coe is D major.

The primary chords used in San Francisco Mabel Joy are D, G, A, C, Em, Bm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, A, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of San Francisco Mabel Joy is approximately 128 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of San Francisco Mabel Joy using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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