Songwriter's Lament chords by
Buck Owens
Buck Owens

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Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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G

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G
G

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C
C

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My big plans
were a -soaring,
yesterday would be the day
F
F

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The morning I pulled into Music City,
C
C

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USA
F
F

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The folks back home in Tulsa
C
C

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said I had just what it takes
D
D

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G
G

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But it won't be long and I'll be on my way
C
C

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I said good morning gentlemen
and picked up my guitar
F
F

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Expecting them to say
C
C

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that I would soon be going far
F
F

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The only rise I noticed
was the smoke from his cigar
C
C

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G
G

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C
C

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He turned to me and this he had to say
F
F

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Mister, we've got ten thousand pickers
G
G

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C
C

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A songwriter under every rock
G
G

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C
C

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We've got singers a -singin'
F
F

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And guitars a -twangin'
G
G

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C
C

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And heaven only knows where it'll stop
Am
Am

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G
G

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C
C

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I knocked on every door
I found on 16th Avenue
F
F

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I dropped in every name
C
C

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I'd ever read in the who's who I said
F
F

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I know big Harlem, old Hank,
and there's Tom T
C
C

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D
D

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But nothing changed the
G
G

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way they looked at me
C
C

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Last night I dreamed I passed away
And heaven was my fate
F
F

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And there was old St. Peter
I could see him plain as day
C
C

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F
F

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He said, leave your name and number
With the girl out at the gate
C
C

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As he turned away,
G
G

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C
C

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these words I heard him say
G
G

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C
C

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Mister, we've got
F
F

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ten thousand pickers
G
G

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C
C

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G
G

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A songwriter under every rock
C
C

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We've got singers a -singin'
F
F

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And guitars a -twangin'
G
G

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And heaven only knows where it will stop
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C

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