Chords with lyrics
Live version - https://youtu.be/OSagRwD1-MU
Intro:
C majorC
I wish I had a stint in New Orleans
A minorAm G+G
On the train tracks of my life
DmDm FF
And I'm glad about that forest
C majorC G+G
I grew up in with groves of pine
Verse 1:
C majorC
Ah well I had a stay in the rain it goes
A minorAm G+G
From the clouds to where it's dry
DmDm FF
As I sat and ate that apple
C majorC G+G
I never wondered, wondered why
G7G7 C majorC
The months still bring with them some changes
A minorAm G+G
Some are old and some are new
DmDm FF
Shimmering gold beams on the pavement
C majorC G+G G7G7
Of the streets that I roll through
Bridge:
DmDm E7E7
If I have to stay by the westerly
A minorAm D7D7
At the corner of your mind
C majorC E minor 7Em7 F minorFm G+G G7G7
Well I'll chalk it all up to trouble
Chorus:
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
Singin' old childhood
C majorC FF
Where did you go?
F minorFm G+G G7G7
I like the Summer, but I love to watch it snow, oh to watch it
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
Old childhood
C majorC
What did you do?
FF F minorFm G+G
The leaves fall in Autumn, but the Springtime's when they bloom
G7G7 C majorC
Oh, it's when they bloom
Verse 2:
DmDm C majorC
I wish I traveled 'cross the Atlantic
A minorAm G+G
And saw the lands to which I vail
DmDm FF
Explored canals down in Venice
C majorC G+G
Felt the winds on the shore of Whales
G7G7 C majorC
For now it's roads and peaks in the midwest
A minorAm G+G
Rivers flow in Texas too
DmDm FF
Pedal far across the southland
C majorC G+G G7G7
Junipero Sierras' dew
Bridge:
DmDm E7E7
And if it's true that Massachu...
A minorAm Am7Am7 D7D7
setts was the best in my life
C majorC E minor 7Em7 F minorFm G+G
Well I'll chalk it all up to trouble
A minorAm D7D7
And strife
C majorC E minor 7Em7 F minorFm G+G G7G7
Well I'll chalk it all up to trouble
Verse 3:
C majorC
I wish I had a stint in New Orleans
A minorAm G+G
But I like to think it's true
DmDm FF
That if I had that stint in New Orleans
C majorC G+G G7G7
I might never have met you
Bridge:
DmDm E7E7
And if I have to stay by the westerly
Am7Am7 D7D7
At the corner of your mind
FF C majorC G+G DmDm
Well New Orleans aint coming to mind, to mind
FF C majorC G+G G7G7
Well New Orleans aint coming to mind
Chorus:
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
Singin' old childhood
C majorC FF
Where did you go?
F minorFm G+G G7G7
I like the Summer, but I love to watch it snow, oh to watch it
C majorC E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
Old childhood
C majorC
What did you do?
FF F minorFm G+G
The leaves fall in Autumn, but the Springtime's when they bloom
G7G7
Oh, it's when they
Outro:
DmDm E7E7
And if it's true that Massachu...
A minorAm Am7Am7 D7D7
setts was the best in my life
C majorC E minor 7Em7 F minorFm G+G Am7Am7