Chords with lyrics
Intro: C majorC G+G G4/C G/BG/B
G5/D G+G C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD
I Met a little girl
G+G
In Saskatoon
G+G
She was beaming bold and beautiful
A augmentedA D MajorD G4/C G/BG/B G5/D G+G C majorC G+G
And higher than the moon
G+G G7G7
Before I could profess
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
She left too soon
G+G
The words she spoke
D MajorD G+G G7G7
Were enough to make me blue
C majorC
She said I know
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
Just what you're wishing
G+G
Two folks in our condition
D MajorD
We'd never leave this
D7D7 G+G G7G7
Bar room with our pride
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
So go about your earthly mission
G+G
Don't trust no politician
D MajorD
You look to yours
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
And I will look to mine
(C majorC G+G G4/C G/BG/B)
(G5/D G+G C majorC G+G)
Verse 2:
G+G
I met a Nashville
D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G
Honky-tonkin' queen
G+G
And the caress of her amber lips
A augmentedA D MajorD G4/C G/BG/B G5/D G+G C majorC G+G
Is reserved for Jim Beam
G+G G7G7
I took her by the arm
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
And she made a scene
G+G D MajorD
Whiskey was yet to dull
G+G G7G7
Her tongue it seemed
C majorC
She said I know
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
Just what you're wishing
G+G
Two folks in our condition
D MajorD
We'd never leave this
D7D7 G+G G7G7
Bar room with our pride
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
So go about your earthly mission
G+G
Don't trust no politician
D MajorD
You look to yours
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
And I will look to mine
(G+G G7G7 C majorC G/BG/B)
(G5/D D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G)
Verse 3:
G+G D MajorD
Now West By-God Virginia
G+G C majorC G+G
Is where I'm bound
G+G
She's as wild and she's as wonderful
A augmentedA D MajorD G4/C G/BG/B G5/D G+G C majorC G+G
As any girl I've found
G+G G7G7
She'll keep me just as long
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
As I'm around
G+G D MajorD
I never have to hear
G+G G+G G7G7
That awful sound
C majorC
But I know
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
Just what you're wishing
G+G
Two folks in our condition
D MajorD
We'd never leave this
D7D7 G+G G7G7
Bar room with our pride
C majorC G/BG/B G5/D
So go about your earthly mission
G+G
Don't trust no politician
D MajorD
You look to yours
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
And I will look to mine
Final
D MajorD
You look to yours
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
And I will look to mine