Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) One horse town - Elton John Verse 1: B Saw a Cadillac for the first time yesterday Bm E I'd always seen horses, buggies, bales of hay Am D 'Cause progress here don't move with modern times F# There's nothing to steal F E D C So there's not a great deal of crime - oh! oh!
Chorus 1: C It sure is hell living in a one horse town Bm E There's half a mile of Alabama mud bed ground Am D Nothing much doing of an afternoon F# F E D C Unless you're sitting in a rocking chair just picking a tune Chorus 2: Ab Dbm And they ain't too well acquainted with the stars and stripes Bb Db But if you want to hear Susanna then they'll pick all night C They'll pick all night Verse 2: B 'Cause it's no dice living in a one horse town Bm E Laid back, as my old coon hound Am D And I just can't wait to get out of this one horse town F# F E D C There's nothing to steal 'cause there's simply nothing much around Chorus 2: Ab Dbm And they ain't too well acquainted with the stars and stripes Bb Db But if you want to hear Susanna then they'll pick all night C They'll pick all night Outro: C It sure is hell living in a one horse town Bm E There's half a mile of Alabama mud bed ground Am D Nothing much doing of an afternoon F# F E D C Unless you're sitting in a rocking chair just picking a tune