Mean Town Blues chords by Johnny Winter
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
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 Published:
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