Johnny Winter – Mean Town Blues (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro 1] G Gm G [Verse 1]
       G                           F   G
Now my mother she done told me and my, ha,

Gm     G
father done told me

            Gm      F   Em G
Grandfather told me too
[Interlude 1] F G Em G F Em G [Verse 2]
      G                  Gm
Yeah, my mother she done told me and

F  Gm       G    Gm  G Gm
my   father done told  me

G                Gm    F   Em
Grandfather told me too
G F G Em G F Em [Verse 3]
G
 It's a mean old town to

     F          Gm
live in by yourself
G F G Gm G [Verse 4]
                       Gm
Yeah,I worked for a dollar

G     F    G
Could not, ha, save a lousy,

Gm               F
could not save a dime
[Interlude 2] Em G F Em G F Em G [Verse 5]
          G
You know I  worked for a dollar

               Gm
Could not, ha, save a lousy,

G              Gm   G   F
  man couldn't save   a dime
[Interlude 3] Em G F Em G F Em G [Verse 6]
       G            Gm                G     F     Gm G Gm G Gm G
People ain't nobody worried and there ain't nobody
Gm G Gm G Gm Cm G C G Gm G Cm Gm G Gm G Gm G Gm G Gm G C G Gm G Gm G Gm C Cm C G Em G C G Gm G [Interlude 4] [crying] G C G Gm G Bb G Gm Bb G Gm G Gm G Gm G [Verse 7]
G
Everybody's got their hands out trying to,

Gm         G
get a hold on

                         F   G Em G
Trying to get some of my cash
[Interlude 5] F G Em G F G Em G
     F
Everybody's
[Verse 8]
G
 got their hand out trying to a,
get a hold on
                         F
Trying to get some of my cash
Em G F G F G Em [Verse 9]
G
  Smiling great big smiles, man,

                C
you keep on talking trash
[Interlude 6] Gm G [Verse 10]
     G
So I packed up my suitcase and I, ha, moved on down the

                       Em
Hit that lonesome road
[Interlude 7] G F G Em G [Verse 11]
    G
You know I packed up my suitcase and I,
hit that lonesome
           Gm  G  F
I moved on down   the

G   Em
road
[Interlude 8] G Em G [Verse 12]
       G
I been still trying to make it

         C
when the day goes down