Elliott Murphy – Just A Story From America (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Intro:
C - G - Am - F (barred chords) or
C - Em - Am - F (open chords)
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Verse:
C Em Am F Just a story from America C Em Am F He left his job and he looked at her C Em Am F I've had enough he put down his cup C Em Am F And every time she would fill it up
Chorus:
C When she'd say G Am F Get up when they put you down C G But like a boxer Am F You just spin around C G Am F Your kind of guy is so very few C F Am F Don't ever let them get the best of you
Verse:
C G Am F And so he's working like a dog each day C G Am F And every week there'd be more overtime pay C G Am F And pretty soon he's got a Cadillac car C G Am F And on the weekends he would drive so far
Bridge:
Am F And they don't slow down G Am America's such a speedy town Am F Hot clothes high society G He said it never get the best of me
Verse:
C Em Am F And then he met a girl with hair like the sun C Em Am With social status she was number one C Em Am He left it all and he left downtown C Em Am A little voice follows him around
Chorus:
C And it'd say G Am F Get up when they put you down C G And like a boxer Am F You just spin around C G Am F Your kind of guy was so very few C F Am F I thought they'd never get the best of you
End:
C G Am F Just a story of America C G Am F Just a story fro in America C G Am F Just a story of America C G Am F Just a story from America