Manhattan Kansas chords by Glen Campbell

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Manhattan Kansas
Glen Campbell

Intro  F E--8-------------------------|
         B--10--10--10----11--10------|
         G--10---------10-------10----| (2X)
         D--10--------------------10--|
         A--8-------------------------|
         E--8-------------------------|


Verse 1

F                          Bb
Manhattan, Kansas ain`t no place to have a baby
         F                              C
When you got no man to give it his last name
        F                              Bb
And her folks back in Manhattan didn`t want her or her bundle
       F                  C                 F
So she took her child and caught an evenin` train.

Verse 2

F                                 Bb
She found a job in Denver washing dishes in a diner
   F                              C
At least it buys her baby milk to drink
        F                               Bb
He once told her she was pretty but the only ring it got her
        F                   C               F
Was the ring of grease that runs around the sink.


Chorus 1

        C
Yes she lay beside him gentle
          Bb
`Cause he told her that he loved her
       D#               Bb             C      F7   D#7  C7
And he made her dance before the music played
       F
But at least she didn`t beg him
      Bb
She`d rather wash her dishes
   F                 C                F
It makes her feel as if her hands are clean.


Verse 3

F
At night she stands there thinkin`
          Bb
`Bout the man back home in Kansas
    F                                  C
And how her folks just turned away the shame
    F
She stares down through the soap suds
        Bb
Reaches down and pulls the drain plug
    F              C            F
And watches as Manhattan drains away.


Chorus 2

        C
Yes she layed beside him gentle
          Bb
`Cause he told her that he loved her
       D#               Bb             C      F7  D#7  C7
And he made her dance before the music played
        F
But at least she didn`t beg him
      Bb
She`d rather wash her dishes
   F                        C         F      Bb F
It makes her feel as if her hands are clean.
                         C                F
Yes it makes her feel as if her hands are clean...