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San Francisco Mable Joy chords by John Denver

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  • Submitter: Flyinglibra51 Flyinglibra51
  • Tuning: Standard tuning
  • Difficulty: Beginner
San Francisco Mable Joy
John Denver

Intro Chord diagramD MajorD

                                   Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
His Daddy was an honest man just a red dirt Georgia farmer
                                                        Chord diagramA augmentedA
His mother lived her short life havin` kids and bailing hay
Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD
He had fifteen years and he ached inside to wander
                                   Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramD MajorD
So He jumped a freight in Waycross wound up in L.A.

                             Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
Cold nights had no pity on a Waycross Georgia farm boy
                                            Chord diagramA augmentedA
Most days he went hungry then the summer came
   Chord diagramD MajorD                                Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
He met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco Mabel Joy
                              Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Destitutions child born of an L.A. street called shame

Chord diagramG+G                                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Growin` up came easy in the arms of Mabel Joy
                                                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Laughter found their mornings brought a meaning to his life
        Chord diagramG+G                                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
Yes The night before she left sleep came and gave that Waycross country boy
                           Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA dream of Georgia cotton and a California wife

       Chord diagramG+G                                                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Sunday mornin` found him standing neath the red light at her door
                                                             Chord diagramA augmentedA
When Chord diagramA augmentedA right cross sent him reelin` put him face down on the floor
   Chord diagramG+G                                          Chord diagramD MajorD
In place of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
	                                    Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Who growled your Georgia neck is red ah but sonny you`re still green

                          Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramD MajorD
He turned twenty one in a grey rock Federal Prison
                                                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
The old Judge had no mercy for a Waycross country boy
Chord diagramD MajorD                                   Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramD MajorD
Staring at those four grey walls in silence Lord he just listened
	                                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy

       Chord diagramG+G                                                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Sunday mornin` found him lying neath the red light at her door
                                            Chord diagramA augmentedA
With a bullet in his side he cried have you seen Mabel Joy
Chord diagramG+G                                                          Chord diagramD MajorD
Stunned and shaken someone said why she don`t live here no more
                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA
She left this house four years today they say she ? s looking for
                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Some Georgia farm boy

San Francisco Mable Joy chords

Released in 1981 on Johns Some Days Are Diamonds album, San Francisco Mable Joy.

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