Nashville Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][C][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Late one [C]morning I
[D]just packed my things
[G]Burned all my [Am]bills and I [D]hopped on a plane
[G]I told the c[Am]ops and the
[C]bankers goodbye
[D]They [G]said, don't let us [Am]catch you,
you [D]owe us your life
Well, [G]the plane was [C]headed east
and [D]so I [G]walked
Lined for [Am]Ten nessee to [D]outrun the fuzz
[G]They found me [Am]in a day o[C]r two
[D]And now [G]I'm flat [Am]-busted in jail
[D]Fighting the Nas[C]hville blu[G]es[C][D]
[C]I like G[G]eorge J[C]ones, W[D]illie and Will
And I think [G]of Chris and [C]Merle,
the song[D]writing [G]saviors
Sounds [Am]insane, he [C]died too soon
[D]But now we'[G]re up there
with [C]Hank and Bear
Both [D]fighting to [C]match [G]Bill [C]through[D]
[C]And the son[G]gwriters lif[C]t up
to the [D]old hillbilly
[G]They're facing red[C]necks
and [D]girls like Miss Emmett
[G]I'm too [Am]young to have a [C]boy, no [D]you,
but I just [G]wanna be a [Am]part of
[C]Lightnin' [D]in Nashville [G]blue[C]
[D]Lightnin' in Nas[C]hville blu[G]e[C][D]
[C]Lightnin' in Nashville blu[D]e
Same front door,
[G]it takes a toll upon your min[C]d
But all the great ones
they've [G]been there too
And now [D]they're fightin'
the [C]Nashville [G]blues[C]
[D]Fightin' the Nas[C]hville blu[G]es[C][D]
Well, I [G]moved back to Aus[C]tin
to [D]try to make a living
[G]Ain't been so [C]easy with
[D]those hill country women
An[G]d I'm s[Am]tuck inside of this
[C]eight -bathroom [D]room
And my [G]throat's a [C]-scratchin'
from the ci[D]garettes and booze
And my [G]face is [C]wrinklin'
and my [D]mind's a -strainin'
I [G]get on my [Am]knees and I [D]get to prayin'
[G]But my han[Am]ds are worn
like the [C]soles of my [D]shoes
And the [G]Lord only [C]knows
I'm just [D]fightin' the [C]Nashville
[G]blues[C][D][C][G][C][D]
[C]I l[D]ike J[G]ohnny C[C]ash, Will[D]ie Whale
And I think [G]Chris and Mer[C]le
are song[D]writing saviors
[G]Oh, Geoff [Am]Whitley, he [C]died too soon
[D]But now we'[G]re up there with
[C]Hank and Dearbo
[D]Fightin' the [C]Nashville [G]blues[C][D]
[C]Well, the son[G]gwriters lif[C]t
up to [D]the old hillbillies
Hip[G]pies and [C]rednecks
and [D]girls like Miss Emily
[G]I'm too [Am]young to have a [C]point of [D]view
But I just [G]wanna be a [C]part of
[D]Riding the [C]Nashville [G]Blue[C]
[D]Riding the [C]Nashville Blue

[Outro 1]
[G][C][D][C][G]